By John Lee. Shafaaq reports that Iraq will pay foreign oil companies about $2 billion in remaining arrears for 2015 in April. The arrears were accumulated to international oil companies (IOCs) such as BP, Shell , ExxonMobil, Eni and Lukoil, which operate in under service contracts, whereby they are paid a fixed dollar fee for […]
By Simon Kent. Iraq is developing a new strategy for its southern oil fields in relation to the ongoing Common Sea Water Supply Facility project, which opened bidding for completion last year. ExxonMobil and PetroChina were approached to invest in the critical strategic water injection project, which has been long delayed. In a statement to Reuters, […]
Since its launch in March 2014, cumulative production of Iraq’s West Qurna-2 field, operated by PJSC LUKOIL, has exceeded 30 million tonnes of oil. On December 24, 2015 LUKOIL achieved its annual production target for the West Qurna-2 field in full: 20 million tonnes of oil were produced since the beginning of the year. As […]
In its Third Quarter results published today, Lukoil has given the following update on its operations at the West Qurna-2 oilfield: On December 12, 2009, a consortium of a Group company and Statoil won the tender for development of the West Qurna-2 field in Iraq, one of the largest crude oil fields discovered in the […]
By John Lee. In its latest Half Yearly Report, Russia's Lukoil reports that in the first half of 2015, the Group accrued revenue from the West Qurna-2 project in the total amount of $1,535 million, consisting of cost recovery of $1,475 million and remuneration fee of $60 million, compared to the revenue of $1,179 million […]
By John Lee. During a visit to the West Qurna II oilfield in Basra, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi reiterated his government's commitment to ensuring the security of the southern oilfields and their workers. He met with senior management of the Russian operator Lukoil, following protests by locals demanding jobs. A Lukoil official told Reuters that […]
By Simon Kent. Lukoil, the Russian energy giant with one of the biggest investments in southern Iraq at the vast West Qurna 2 oil field, have issued a statement in support of Iraq's move to split crude grades into Basra Heavy and Basra Light. Previously, different grades arrived at Basra for blending, which not only […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that oil production at the West Qurna II oilfield is currently running at around 402,000 barrels per day. The news agency quotes Lukoil Overseas senior vice president, Gati Al-Jebouri (pictured), as telling at a conference in London that output is expected to rise to 420,000 bpd by the end of […]
By John Lee. During his visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi received the presidents of three major Russian oil and gas companies: Soyuzneftegaz group, Lukoil, and Gazprom. At the start of talks with Abadi in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is expanding cooperation with Iraq in the area of military technology, […]
By John Lee. Iraq has approved a $526.6-million (614 billion Iraqi dinar) drilling deal with China's Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group (ZPEC) for the West Qurna II oilfield, according to Reuters. Under the 28-month contract, ZPEC will drill 66 production oil wells at the Lukoil-operated field. Current production capacity at West Qurna II is […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved the expenditure needed to drill 23 oil wells in the West Qurna area. The drilling had been recommended by the Economic Ministerial Committe, and is to be carried out by the South Oil Company (SOC) and the Russian company Lukoil. (Source: AIN) (Oil drilling image […]
By John Lee. Russian oil company Lukoil was asked to "sharply reduce" output at West Qurna-2 this year, reports Reuters. Ravil Maganov (pictured), head of the company's upstream division, told reporters: "We've got the letter to curb our enthusiasm ... We were restricted to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to weather and level of […]
