By John Lee. Construction has begun on a new field operations centre at the Naft Khana oilfield in Diyala province, marking a new phase of development for the project. The facility is being developed under a contract signed during Iraq's fifth licensing round between Midland Oil Company (MdOC) and the Chinese firm Geo-Jade, which covers […]
By John Lee. The state-owned Midland Oil Company (MdOC) has announced the signing of a contract to drill eight wells (4+4) in the Naft Khana block in Diyala province. The deal was signed between NK Petroleum Limited, the block's operator, and a consortium comprising Zhongman Petroleum (ZPEC) and H&L Petroleum DMCC, which Iraq Business News […]
By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has signed a contract with US-based Schlumberger (SLB) to increase natural gas production at the Akkas gas field in Anbar province. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, described the project as a major milestone in Iraq's […]
By John Lee. Russia's Gazprom and its consortium partners have signed the first amendment to the service contract for the Badra oilfield with Iraq's Midland Oil Company (MdOC). The signing ceremony, held on Thursday, was attended by Bassem Mohammed Khudair, Deputy Minister for Upstream Affairs; Russian Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev; the Director General of Dhi Qar […]
By John Lee. Midland Oil Company (MdOC) has successfully restarted a previously idle vertical oil well in the Ahdab field, using horizontal drilling technology. The operation was carried out in cooperation with Chinese partner Al-Waha Company. Al Waha describes itself as follows: "Al-Waha (Al-Waha petroleum company), a holding joint-ventured enterprise jointly capitalized by CNPC (China […]
By John Lee. The 10th meeting of the Iraqi-Russian Joint Committee was held in Baghdad this week, co-chaired by Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Russia's Minister of Energy Sergei Tsivilev. Hussein emphasized the longstanding ties between the two nations and the broad scope of cooperation, while Tsivilev reaffirmed Russia's commitment […]
By John Lee. Bassem Mohammed Khudair, Undersecretary for Extraction at Iraq's Ministry of Oil, chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss the development of Exploration Block 3. Key Discussion Points: Participants: Senior officials attended, including the Directors General of the Oil Exploration Company (OEC), Midland [Middle] Oil Company (MdOC), Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved a modification to the contract area of the East Baghdad Oil Field - Southern Region, adding 95 km² west of the Diyala River. According to the Media Office of the Prime Minister, this expansion aims to exploit an estimated 710 million barrels of crude oil […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Midland [Middle] Oil Company (MdOC) has reportedly announced the discovery of a significant oil reserve in the East Baghdad field. The discovery was made in collaboration with EBS Petroleum, a body registered in Iraq to conduct petroleum operations on behalf of China's ZhenHua Oil, According to state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA), […]
By John Lee. Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has announced that its subsidiary, PPL Asia E&P B.V. (PPL Asia), has received a payment of $6 million from Iraq's state-owned Midland [Middle] Oil Company (MdOC), in relation to the conclusion of its Exploration, Development, and Production Service Contract (EDPSC) for Block-8 in in the Diyala and Wasit […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced the commencement of drilling the 100th well in the East Baghdad Field (Southern Zone). Operated by Midland Oil Company and EBS Petroleum, a body registered in Iraq to conduct the petroleum operations on behalf of China's ZhenHua Oil, this marks Iraq's first horizontally drilled well in […]
By John Lee. Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has laid the foundation stone for the Wasit Oil Authority building, a project aimed at enhancing administrative and organizational performance within the Midland [Middle] Oil Company. The project spans 6 dunams (approximately 15,000 square meters) and includes a three-story building covering 1,100 square meters, along […]
