The head of the state-run Missan Oil Company, Ali Maarij, has said that the China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), the engineering and construction subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), has drilled 13 new wells at the Halfaya oil field, and plans to drill 17 more by the end of the year, […]
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CNPC Completes First Phase of Al-Ahdab Field
Reuters reports that the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the first foreign oil company to sign an oil service contract in Iraq after former president Saddam Hussein was toppled, said on Monday said that it completed construction of the first phase of the Al-Ahdab oilfield. The parent of PetroChina Co Ltd said it started work […]
Chinese Company Wins $174m Halfaya Contract
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and its partners in the southern Halfaya oilfield have awarded a $174 million contract to the China Petroleum and Engineering Corp. (CPECC) to build three crude processors, an Iraqi oil official told Reuters on Sunday. Ali Maarij, head of Iraq's state-run Missan Oil Company said the new plants will […]
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CNPC Gets First Oil Payment for Rumaila
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has started to get paid for developing Iraq's Rumaila oilfield, according to reports from the China Petroleum Daily. The company received its first cargo of oil as payment for helping to develop the oilfield on 28th May, two weeks after partner BP loaded its first shipment. A crude oil carrier […]
Rumaila Oil Output up 10% by End of Year
On July 1, the operational management of Iraq's Rumaila project was officially transferred to Rumaila Field Operating Organization (ROO), a consortium led by CNPC, BP and Iraq's South Oil Company. On July 3, BP, CNPC and Iraq's South Oil Company held a ceremony at Basra to mark the transfer. More than 130 representatives from the […]
China Increases its Investments in Iraq
China didn't take part in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq or the bloody military battles that followed. It hasn't invested in reconstruction projects or efforts by the West to fortify the struggling democracy in the heart of the Middle East. Workers at al-Waha Oil Co. in the southern Iraqi town of Wasit are part of […]
Petronas Recruiting Hundreds of Staff for Four Iraqi Projects
Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd, or Petronas, has started recruiting hundreds of Iraqis for four oil projects the company won during Iraq's second licensing auction in December.