Bloomberg reports that Malaysia's Petronas and the Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) will start producing crude from the Gharraf oil field in southern Iraq by September. Sattar Mahdi, head of field development, said the field will initially produce about 35,000 barrels a day by the end of the third quarter, gradually increasing capacity to 230,000 […]
Trade volume between Malaysia and Iraq reached US$43 million in the first seven months of 2010. According to the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade), the figure comprised US$20.2 million in Malaysian exports to Iraq, and imports worth US$22.8 million. Matrade's senior trade commissioner, Datuk Dzulkifli Mahmud, said Malaysian exports to Iraq were mainly electrical […]
Petronas, the Malaysian state oil firm, has agreed to train 60 Iraqi oil engineers to help it develop the Gharaf oilfield. The engineers will attend an intensive 6-month course in Malaysia and will then be sent back home to supervise the company’s operations, according to a report from Azzaman. Petronas and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co […]
Malaysia's Petronas and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) are planning to award a deal shortly to drill several wells at Iraq's untapped Garraf [Gharraf] oil field in southern Iraq, a company executive said. The consortium is planning to drill two appraisal wells at Garraf, in Dhi Qar province, starting in November, he said. "We have issued […]
