UPI reports that the Iraqi and Jordanian governments plan to meet in July to discuss the building of a natural gas pipeline between the countries. As its current supplies of natural gas from Egypt are unreliable, the Jordanian government has been considering securing natural gas supplies from other neighbouring countries. Last week, Iraq approved a […]
A plan to construct a new oil pipeline, with a capacity of 1 million barrels per day, between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey has drawn positive responses from many in the oil industry, according to a report from Investors Chronicle. Paul Atherton, finance chief of Heritage Resources, said: "This is an excellent opportunity for Heritage to […]
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The Tehran Times reports that Iraqi officials have expressed interest in using experts from Iran to build a section of a natural gas pipeline on their side of the border. Javad Oji, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company, said talks with Iraqi officials in Baghdad resulted in agreements between the countries to move […]
Iraq has warned Turkey against following through with a deal to build new pipelines carrying oil and gas from Iraqi Kurdistan, reports International Business Times. Turkey signed the pipeline deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government on Sunday, bypassing the central government in Baghdad. The BBC quotes Ali al-Moussawi, an adviser to Iraq's president, as saying, […]
Dubai contractor Drake & Scull is reported to be close to winning a $300 million contract in Iraq. Chief executive Khaldoun Tabari said the contract will be the construction of an oil and gas pipeline in Basra, reports Reuters. “We are very close to finalizing the deal,” he said. Drake specializes in mechanical, electrical and […]
Danish company Phoenix International has signed an $86m (100 billion IQD) contract with Basra Investment Commission for the production of oil pipelines. AKnews reports that Phoenix was granted the project licence for a 250-acre area in the town of Umm Qasr, in southern Iraq. The licence is for 35 years, which is subject to renewal. […]
Iran's PressTV reports that the country's Gas Engineering and Development Company is planning to build a gas pipeline to export gas to Iraq. Ali-Reza Gharibi, the Managing Director of company, said on Friday that "the 48-inch gas pipeline to Iraq, which will run for 220 kilometers, will be a branch of Iran’s sixth national gas […]
JBC Energy, the Austria-based research firm, has said that disruptions at a pipeline network carrying Iraqi crude oil to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan (pictured) have threatened the reliability of Kirkuk oil exports, Bloomberg has reported. "The closures and reduced flows seen over the last six months raise questions on the viability of Kirkuk […]
In an attempt to deal with any potential crisis should Iran close the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq has approved a plan to expand its oil export routes by adding capacity from its northern fields and building a pipeline to ship oil from southern oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan (pictured), according to Reuters. "Short […]
Among the options being considered by Iraqi lawmakers to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, is the reopening an oil pipeline to Saudi Arabia that's been closed since the Gulf War in the 1990s. Currently, most of Iraq's oil exports are shipped by tanker from Basra through the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has […]
The Financial Times reports that Genel Energy plans to build a pipeline that will connect its fields in the Kurdish regions in northern Iraq to a port in Turkey on the Mediterranean. Reuters reports that the pipeline will run from DNO's Tak Tak field to Faysh Khabour, which is the upstation in the northern part […]
