By John Lee. Iraq's fourth international oil, gas and licensing rounds conference has opened in Baghdad, with the Ministry of Oil outlining progress on exports, refining and infrastructure over the first 100 days of the new government. According to the Ministry of Oil, Minister Basim Muhammad Khudhair al-Abadi said oil exports had risen from around […]
By John Lee. A meeting has been held to review technical and economic details of two strategic crude oil export pipeline projects: the Basra-Haditha pipeline (extending to Fishkhabur) and the Haditha-Baniyas pipeline. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi chaired the meeting, which was attended by the Minister of Oil, senior ministry officials, the director of the Prime […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has held talks with a delegation from Qatari company UCC on the proposed Basra-Haditha-Fishkhabur and Haditha-Baniyas pipeline project. Discussions covered the contract type, implementation timeline, and other technical matters. Minister of Oil Basim Muhammad Khudhair al-Abadi, attended by Deputy Minister for Extraction Affairs Nassir Aziz, called for the […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A New Initiative to Expand Iraqi Crude Oil Exports Calls to expand Iraq's oil exports have intensified lately. All such calls focus on a westward direction, suggest unilateral routes, and are governed […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Council of Ministers has authorised the chief executive of Basra Oil Company (BOC) to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Oil and Syria's Ministry of Energy. The agreement covers the establishment of a pipeline project to connect Iraqi oil production to global export markets via the Mediterranean. […]
By John Lee. A planned oil pipeline linking Haditha in Iraq to Baniyas on the Syrian coast is intended to serve as a strategic export route to European markets, according to the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC). The project is expected to take between two and two-and-a-half years to complete. Safwan al-Sheikh Ahmad, Director of Communications […]
