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By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced preliminary oil exports for March of 101,031,675 barrels, giving an average for the month of 3.259 million barrels per day (bpd), slightly less than the 3.271 bpd exported in February. Exports from the southern terminals totalled 99,504,916 barrels, with 1,526,759 barrels exported from Kirkuk. Revenues for the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and Russia's Lukoil have formed a joint venture to market crude oil. In a statement, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Litasco -- Lukoil‘s international marketing and trading arm -- would help sell Iraqi crude and train Iraqi staff in marketing. (Source: Ministry of Oil)
By John Lee. The Director of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), Falah al-Amiri, has told reporters that crude oil exports so far in March average 3.756 million bpd, including 515,000 bpd exported by Iraqi Kurdistan. According to Reuters, Iraq's oil production is down by more than 300,000 bpd, to 4.464 million (bpd), due to OPEC […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil announced exports of 91.6 million barrels for February, earning revenue of $4.5 billion. This equates to 3.271 million barrels per day (bpd), and an average oil price of $49.127 per barrel. The southern ports of Basra acconted for 90.8 million barrels, which brought in $4.46 billion, while Kirkuk […]
A study by the Iraqi Government into a planned oil pipeline that would extend from Iraq to Jordan has revealed that the project will cost between 5 and 7 billion dollars. Jordanian press quoted energy minister Ibrahim Seif saying that a decision over the implementation of the project is expected from the Iraqi side soon. […]
Further to reports in the media this week, Gulf Keystone (GKP), operator of the Shaikan Field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is today clarifying certain points regarding the marketing of Shaikan crude. Recent media does not correctly represent the views of the Company and its Executives. The inference is that the company does not know […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Oil Export, OPEC Cut Effects and Budget Implications Monthly data during the first half of this year are important for Iraq for two main reasons: they reveals the test of OPEC-cuts and […]
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), operator of the Shaikan Field in Iraqi Kurdistan, has said the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is to begin exporting all Shaikan crude production via trucks to Turkey, from the end of February. Subsequently, no Shaikan crude will be injected into the Kirkuk-Ceyhan export pipeline at Fishkhabour, until […]
Iraq’s Oil Ministry announced that Tehran and Baghdad have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to carry out studies on the construction of a pipeline to export crude oil from the northern Iraqi fields of Kirkuk via Iran. In a statement, the Iraqi ministry said the agreement was signed during a recent ceremony in the […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq plans to cut crude oil exports from Basra to 3.013 million bpd in March. This would be comprised of 2.207 million bpd of Basra Light blend, and 806,000 bpd of Basra Heavy. According to the report, this would be the lowest Basra export since August. (Source: Reuters)
By John Lee. Reuters reports that loading of crude oil has resumed at al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT). Operations were stopped for 24-hours to install a new pipeline feeding the facility, the started again at midnight on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters)
By John Lee. Oil exports from Iraq's main gulf terminal have reportedly stopped from midnight on Tuesday for 24 hours to allow the installation of a new pipeline. Two sources at the South Oil Company (SOC) told Reuters that loading at the three single-point moorings (SPMs) connected with the Basra terminal will not be affected. […]
