By John Lee. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, CNOOC Africa Holding Ltd., has entered into the Exploration, Development & Production Contract (EDPC) with Iraq's state-owned Midland Oil Company for Block 7. It says the block is mainly located in Diwaniyah governorate, and covers an area of […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed drilling two oil wells, one in the East Baghdad South field and another in the Bazargan South field (part of the Maysan fields). Deputy General Manager Kazem Habash Khalif stated that the company continues to implement its ambitious plans using advanced drilling techniques while […]
By John Lee. Hayan Abdul Ghani, Iraq's Minister of Oil, has inaugurated the first phase of the Central Processing Facility (CPF) at the Al-Faihaa [Fayhaa] oil field in Basra, with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day. According to a statement from the Ministry of Oil, this marks the transition of Al-Faihaa from an exploratory […]
By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. China Tightens Its Grip On Iraq With Major Successes in Licensing Rounds With this new slew of oil and gas license awards, it may be that China has ultimately got […]
By John Lee. The Ministry's Deputy Minister for Gas Affairs has inspected the gas project in Block 9 (Al-Fayhaa, Faihaa) in Basra province. Mr. Ezzat Saber said he hoped to utilize 130 million cubic feet per day of gas from the field by year-end, along with equipping power stations to process 100 million cubic feet […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has concluded its fifth-plus and sixth oil and gas licensing rounds, with Chinese companies winning most of the fields awarded: Fifth-plus licensing round: Abu Khema: Zhenhua Oil Ad Daimah: KAR Group Alan: KAR Group Block 7: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Dhufriyah: Anton Oil Fao: United Energy […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of oil well EBS-64 as part of the contract with the Chinese company Zhenhua, aiming to drill 27 oil wells at the East Baghdad field. The operation, conducted in collaboration with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a division of the China National […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of two oil wells in the Zubair and Fakka [Jabal Fauqi] oil fields. The ZB-608 oil well in the Zubair oil field reached a depth of 3,598 meters using the 1,500-horsepower IDC 38 drilling rig. This is part of the contract with […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of the EBSH-54 oil well at the East Baghdad field. The well was drilled to a depth of 3,636 meters, as part of a contract with EBS Petroleum to drill 27 oil wells at the field in collaboration with China Oilfield Services […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has begun drilling the FQCS-88 oil well at the Fakka oil field in eastern Maysan [Missan] province. The 2,000-horsepower IDC 55 rig is operating as part of a project to drill 22 oil wells for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). It will drill to a […]
By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's New Prime Minister Doubles Down On Oil & Gas Deals With China And Russia It is possible that U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, believed for a moment that […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Exploration Company has signed a contract with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to study Iraq's offshore oil block in the Gulf. The Undersecretary for Extraction Affairs represented the Oil Minister, Mr. Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, at the signing ceremony. The General Manager of CNOOC Middle East and Iraq said […]
