The CWC Group’s Director, Nawar Abdulhadi interviews Mr Gati Saadi Al-Jebouri, LUKOIL Vice President, Head of Middle East Upstream in preparation for the 11th edition of the Iraq Petroleum Conference in May. Mr Al-Jebouri gives us his views on the Iraqi industry, how LUKOIL is working successfully in the country and his outlook for the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and Russia's Lukoil have formed a joint venture to market crude oil. In a statement, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Litasco -- Lukoil‘s international marketing and trading arm -- would help sell Iraqi crude and train Iraqi staff in marketing. (Source: Ministry of Oil)
By John Lee. Russia's Lukoil is looking at different ways to increase oil production at West Qurna-2 from the current level of 400,000 barrels per day to 1.2 million bpd. The company's vice president in the region, Gati Al Jebouri [Gati Saadi Al-Jebouri] (pictured), told Gulf News: “Going forward, we are in discussions with Iraqi […]
By John Lee. Lukoil boss Vagit Alekperov (pictured) told reporters on Monday that investment in the West Qurna-2 oil field is estimated at $1.5 billion in 2017. He said the company has already been compensated for about $6 billion of historical costs, adding that he expects to negotiate a revised contract with Iraq with the […]
By John Lee. Russia's Lukoil and Japan's Inpex have successfully completed the testing of the first exploratory well, Eridu 1, at Block 10 in Basra governorate. The well recorded a daily flow rate of more than 1,000 cubic meters of sweet oil from Mishrif horizon, confirming geological expectations of a large hydrocarbon field presence within […]
By John Lee. Russia's Lukoil has said it has no plans to cut oil production in Iraq in 2016-2017. Company President Vagit Alekperov (pictured) told reporters: “No, not yet. So far, we have not received such recommendations from the Government of Iraq.” (Source: Tass)
By John Lee. In its third-quarter and nine-month results announced on Monday, Russia's Lukoil reports that its capital expenditures for the first nine months of 2016 were 19.1 percent lower than in the corresponding period of 2015. This decrease partly attributed to moving to the maintenance oil production stage at the West Qurna-2 project in […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq has asked international oil companies to save costs by shutting down their prestige offices in Dubai and running their Iraqi operations from within Iraq. Oil companies with contracts in Iraq have to clear spending with Baghdad, including staffing costs, and are then repaid with income from Iraq's exports […]
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi (Allibi) met the President of Russia's Lukoil, Vagit Alkpirov [Alekperov], at the his office on Sunday. The Minister confirmed plans to develop the production and investment gas this year and next year, at called for Lukoil to participate in new projects to be started next year. Mr […]
By John Lee. Major oil companies including BP, Shell and Lukoil are reported to be cutting investment in Iraq. “You’re going through difficult months,” said Ariel Flores, general manager of the BP-led Rumaila Operating Organization (ROO) told the Wall Street Journal. “You slow down and you make decisions to pause efforts.” Rumaila oil field now […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Baghdad has reached agreement with BP, Shell and Lukoil to restart stalled investment in Iraqi oil fields, allowing production to increase by 250,000-350,000 bpd in 2017. According to documents seen by Reuters, the three firms agreed to spend in the second half of 2016 roughly half the budgets they proposed […]
By John Lee. Russia’s Lukoil is in talks with Shell and Total regarding their participation in a petrochemical complex in southern Iraq. President Vagit Alekperov (pictured) told TASS: "To create a petrochemical complex - now the negotiations are under way with Shell and with Total. The Iraqi side supports our efforts." He added that Iraq […]
