From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq’s government wants to see a big increase in oil production. Oil and natural gas make up 90 percent of the country’s revenue. But years of war and new environmental challenges are making […]
By John Lee. Oil giant Shell has just published details of its transactions with the Government of Iraq in 2018 in respect of the Majnoon oilfield, as part of its Report on Payments to Governments 2018. Click on image below to see in more detail: (Source: Shell)
By John Lee. Oil production at Majnoon oilfield is reportedly planned to increase from 240,000 barrels per day (bpd) currently to 290,000 bpd by the end of 2019 and 450,000 bpd by the end of 2021. State-owned Basra Oil Company (BOC) took over the field from Shell and Petronas at the end of June 2018, with […]
By John Lee. US-based Schlumberger has won a deal with Iraq's Basra Oil Company (BOC) to drill 40 new wells at Majnoon oilfield. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Oil also announced that the BOC had entered into a 19-month contract with the Iraqi Oil Exploration Company to carry out 2D and 3D […]
Petrofac has been awarded a contract worth around US$370 million by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for expansion of the Central Processing Facility (CPF), located in the Majnoon Field, Southern Iraq. Under the terms of the 34-month contract, the lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project scope of work includes two oil processing trains, able to […]
By John Lee. Shell has reportedly exited the Majnoon oilfield and handed over its operations to the Basra Oil Company (BOC). Sources told Reuters that the handover was formalised on Wednesday, and that the process was "smooth". According to the news agency, Anton Oilfield Services (AntonOil) and Petrofac will now operate the giant oilfield on […]
By John Lee. Sharjah-based Ducorr has reportedly completed the design and deployment of a cathodic protection system for Shell’s Majnoon oil field. Construction Week Online quotes company sources as saying that the flowlines were buried in very corrosive soil, hence the need for protection. (Source: Construction Week Online)
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Basra Oil Company (BOC) for the development of the Majnoon Oil Field in Basra, Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR says it will provide overall project management, multi-discipline engineering support, procurement and construction management services to BOC under a two […]
By John Lee. Basra Oil Company (BOC) has signed contracts with the Chinese company Anton Oilfield Services Group (Antonoil) and the US company KBR to operate and maintain the Majnoon oil field. A statement from the Ministry of Oil put the value of the contracts at $118 million, adding that there would be "other secondary […]
By John Lee. Oil executives have told Reuters that the Iraqi Oil Ministry has signed a two-year contract with China's Anton Oilfield Services (Antonoil) and Petrofac to operate the giant Majnoon oilfield (pictured). The companies will operate the oilfield on behalf of the state-owned Basra Oil Company (BOC), which will take over operations from Shell […]
By John Lee. According to a report from Platts, the Iraqi oil ministry is about to award two management contracts to replace Shell at the Majnoon oil field. Sources say the state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC) has opted to operate the field instead of replacing Shell, and junior partner Petronas, which announced last year it […]
By John Lee. Iraq reportedly plans to increase production at the Majnoon oilfield from 240,000 bpd now to 450,000 barrels within three years. Ahmed Abdul Razzaq, the head of a committee in charge of developing the field, told Reuters that the Basra Oil Company (BOC), which will take over operations from Shell, is studying proposals from […]
