By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has completed drilling two oil wells: The first well, a delineation well, was drilled in the East Baghdad/Al-Rasheediyah field for the Midland Oil Company (MdOC). The second was drilled in the Qayara [Qayyarah] field in Nineveh province for Angola's Sonangol, marking the tenth well delivered by IDC […]
By John Lee. Iraq's state-owned Oil Exploration Company and Al-Qarnain Petroleum, a subsidiary of China's ZhenHua Oil, have signed a contract for a two-dimensional seismic survey of the Al-Qarnain (Al-Quraynan) exploration block. Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, described the block as a promising oil and gas prospect on Iraq's border with Saudi Arabia. According […]
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. The Iraqi Oil Exploration Company has completed a seismic survey of the Naft Khana oil field in Diyala province, achieving the milestone in record time, according to the Ministry of Oil. The announcement was made during a ceremony on Thursday, which also coincided with International Workers' Day. Representing the Minister, Deputy Minister […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has signed an addendum to the contract for the development of the East Baghdad (South) oil field with EBS Petroleum. EBS Petroleum is a body registered in Iraq to conduct petroleum operations on behalf of China's ZhenHua Oil. The Minister confirmed that the agreement will enable the field to […]
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 […]
