Italy's Eni SpA has said it is delaying planned investments in Iraq in an effort to preserve cash, as it deals with the effects of lower oil prices. Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi (pictured) told The Wall Street Journal that the company wants to concentrate on more profitable oil and gas projects, but declined to say […]
By John Lee. Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi [Adil Abd Al-Mahdi] has met the deputy head of the Italian company Eni, Mr. Labo Pasteli, and discussed cooperation in the oil industry. He said that Iraq is keen to strengthen the relations with companies such as Eni. Mr. Pasteli said that his company aims to increase […]
By Simon Kent. Iraq and Egypt are working on a plan to export Iraqi oil through Jordan to Egypt, for refining in Egypt and re-sale to the European market, Reuters reports. The three countries have already signed an agreement for this plan, part of Egypt's strategy to regain a degree of self suffiency for domestic energy needs […]
By John Lee. Occidental Petroleum intends to sell its stake in the Zubair oilfield to Iraq's state-run South Oil Company (SOC), according to a report from Reuters. The news agency quotes ministry spokesman Asim Jihad as saying on Wednesday: "Occidental asked the ministry for permission to sell its stake in Zubair field and the ministry […]
By John Lee. The Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), the state-run South Korean gas company, is to invest $4.9 billion (5.7 trillion Iraqi dinars) to develop the Zubair oilfield. In a stock exchange filing, the company said this investment is part of the total $19.4 billion capital expenditure required for the project, and added that it […]
By John Lee. While describing its activities in Iraq as 'muted', oil services company Schlumberger gave details of two projects in the country in its Second-Quarter 2015 Results. Italy's ENI awarded the company a three-year integrated well construction contract which covers the drilling of 30 wells and includes the provision of land drilling rigs, directional […]
By John Lee. Oil firms expecting to load Kirkuk crude at the Turkish port of Ceyhan have had to cancel tankers, as the Kurdistan Regional Government ramps up independent oil sales at the expense of sales through the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO). According to a report from Reuters, tanker cancellations included Eni’s Seanostrum, Socar’s […]
Turkish-based storage tank company Ergil has completed a comprehensive engineering, design, material supply and fabrication project in Iraq. ROSCO (Rafidain Oil Services Co., part of the Jurmat Group Of Companies), the EPC contractor for the New Flow Tanks EPC Project, has awarded the company the engineering, design, material supply and fabrication of 33m dia & […]
By John Lee. Egypt’s state-owned Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultations Company (Petrojet) has reportedly won two contracts in Iraq valued at $142.5 million (166 billion Iraqi dinars). In the first contract, worth $75 million, Petrojet will carry out the first phase of the rehabilitation and upgrade of the current facilities in Basra Gas Company, for […]
By John Lee. Platts reports that Italy's Eni has provisionally booked a tanker to load an 80,000 mt cargo of Iraqi crude from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Market sources said that the cargo is Kirkuk crude, and would be the first such cargo from the port since Baghdad and Erbil agreed to sell 150,000 […]
By Patrick Schmidt. On Monday, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) announced that it will invest $4.9 billion in the Zubair oil field project. The investment will help establish the facilities needed to launch the project and help Zubair reach its potential of over 800,000 barrel per day production. KOGAS have a 23% stake in the Zubair […]
By John Lee. Iraq's cabinet has approved an $589 million oilfield service contract with South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction. The contract, approved on Tuesday, is for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas separation facility at the Zubair oilfield. Production at the field is planned to increase from the current 320,000 barrels per […]
