By John Lee. Iraq's Cabinet has revised the sale price of asphalt to 450,000 dinars [$343] per ton, up from 350,000 dinars, applicable equally to both public and private sectors. Asphalt from the Qayyarah refinery will remain at 300,000 dinars per ton for all types, with pricing to be reviewed in four months. An 80-percent […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced details of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with American company Honeywell to develop oil refineries. Deputy Minister for Refining Affairs, Hamid Al-Zobaie, told the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the MoU involves several projects to increase refinery capacity to 40 percent of crude oil […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, has announced the restart of production, loading, and export operations from the Qayyarah oil field in Nineveh Governorate. The field has a capacity of 33,000 barrels per day (bpd). Tankers and rail will be used for transportation. Around 30,000 bpd will be exported to the ports […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, has announced several investment opportunities in the oil refining sector: Maysan Refinery [Missan Refinery], with capacity of 150,000 barrels per day (bpd); Qayyarah Refinery in Nineveh governorate, with a capacity of 70,000 bpd; A black oil hydrogenation project in Basra Governorate, with a capacity of 30,000 […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil has announced upcoming investment opportunities in the refining industry. Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani said the plans include increasing refining capacities as follows: Al-Amarah refinery (150,000 barrels per day); Al-Muthanna refinery (100,000 barrels per day); Kirkuk refinery (100,000 barrels per day); Qayyarah refinery (70,000 barrels per day), and, a new […]
By John Lee. Iraq's North Oil Company (NOC) has signed a Heads of Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) with two energy companies to build a 70,000-barrels-per-day oil refinery in Qayara (Qayyarah). The facility, Nineveh province, is to be built by Sweden's SEAB and Turkey's Limak. No information was given regarding the size of the investment or […]
