LUKoil, Russia's largest private oil company, may start production at the giant West Qurna-2 oilfield in early 2014, according to a report from RIA Novosti. "We will launch [production at the oilfield] at the end of 2013 or at the beginning of 2014," company head Vagit Alekperov said on Wednesday. The Russian company will invest […]
Russia’s LUKoil is set to become the only foreign operator of the West Qurna-2 oil project in Iraq after its partner, the Norwegian company Statoil, asked Iraq's oil ministry for permission to sell its stake, according to The Voice of Russia. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has reportedly approved the deal, which would give LUKoil a […]
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Despite objections from Baghdad, ExxonMobil already has personnel on the ground in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Reuters. Whiel the company has kept silent on its exploration agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), one central government regards as illegal, one Western industry source in Erbil told the news agency: "They [Exxon] are definitely here and […]
Iraq's cabinet announced that it had approved a $998 million oilfield service contract on Tuesday with a South Korean company for the West Qurna 2 oilfield, according to Reuters. While the memo did not name the company, Samsung Engineering was the only South Korean company on the final shortlist. Iraq and its partners, Russia's Lukoil […]
Russian news agency RBC Daily reports that Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, is looking to expand its business in Iraq through buying part of ExxonMobil's 60% stake in the West Qurna 1 field. If the deal goes ahead Lukoil would hold 37.5% of the business. It is already in partnership with Norway's Statoil in the […]
Russia's RIA Novosti reports that the country's largest private oil firm, LUKoil, has started exploration drilling on the giant West Qurna-2 oilfield in Iraq. Company head Vagit Alekperov said on Tuesday, "we have launched drilling, well borers are already there". In 2009, a consortium comsisting of LUKoil and Norway's Statoil won a tender to develop […]
Dow Jones reports that Lukoil and its partners are about to award a feast of contracts to international engineering and construction companies as it moves full speed ahead with development of its supergiant West-Qurna Phase 2 in southern Iraq. The company is in the final stages of evaluating commercial and technical bids for contracts competing […]
Dow Jones reports that Iraq has agreed with oil majors to build a multi-billion-dollar oil field water injection plant in the south of the country, after disagreement over costs that suspended the project for months. The water injection project aims to provide water to maintain reservoir pressure to fields such as Rumaila, West Qurna Phase […]
Baker Hughes will drill 23 new wells in Iraq’s largest oil field, West Qurna 2, after signing a contract with Russia’s second largest oil company, Lukoil. Baker Hughes will use five rigs using advanced technology to drill the wells to a depth exceeding 4,000 meters, the statement said. "Drilling will begin in the fourth quarter of […]
Reuters reports that Iraq and its partners, Russia's LUKoil and Norway's Statoil, have shortlisted five companies to compete for the West Qurna Phase Two oilfield development contract. An Iraqi oil official who asked not to be identified said on Tuesday that the oil service companies selected are Saipem , SNC Lavalin Group Inc , Punj […]
