By Simon Kent. Iraq's Maysan province, which borders Iran, has opened a new gas processing facility to treat associated gas from the Fakka and Bazargan fields. A statement from Iraq's Ministry of Oil did not say how much gas was being processed, but the gas had previously been flared and will now be used for power […]
By Simon Kent. Iraq's Ministry of Oil have announced a 20,000 m3 shipment of condensate, the third since exports began in March. It is likely that the proceeds from this sale will go to pay IOCs, who are still owed funds for contractual work, as stipulated by their Technical Service Contracts. A number of observers […]
Technip, in partnership with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC), has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Ar Ratawi Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) train1 project at North Rumaila in Basra. The deal was awarded by the Basra Gas Company (BGC), a joint venture between the Iraq's South Gas Company (51%), […]
By John Lee. The Basra Gas Company (BGC) -- a joint venture between the state-run South Gas Company (SGC), Shell and Mitsubishi -- is processing around 400 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of gas, and is on track to treat 2 billion cubic feet per day by 2017. SGC general director, Ali Khudhier, told […]
By John Lee. A spokesman for Iran's Oil Ministry has confirmed that Iran is planning to build a pipeline to carry natural gas to Iraq and Syria. Alireza Nikzad Rahbar told Iran's PressTV on Wednesday: "Based on agreements already reached, a 56-inch pipeline is to be laid out from Assaluyeh [near South Pars Gas Field in […]
By John Lee. The former head of the South Oil Company (SOC), Fayadh Hassan Nima [Niama], has been named to replace Ahmad Shamaa [Ahmed al-Shamma] (pictured) as Deputy Oil Minister. Shamma, whose responsibilities included downstream activities and overseeing the Basra Gas Company -- the joint venture between Shell, Mitsubishi and the South Gas Company -- […]
Iraq’s state-run South Gas Company says its output will exceed 2 billion cubic feet by 2013, according to a report from Azzaman. The company’s director-general, Hussein Khudhair, said in a statement that “once the projects under construction are completed, the production will be in huge quantities surpassing two billion cubic meters”. He said “gigantic projects” […]
Dow Jones reports that the gas capture project with Shell and Mitsubishi in Southern Iraq is expected to start production this year. The head of the South Gas Company, Ali Hussein Khudhier, told the news agency that they expect to produce 50 Mcfd of gas this year. He added that the floating LNG plant and […]
Reuters reports that Iraq's cabinet approved a $17 billion deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi on Tuesday to capture gas that is now being flared off in the oilfields around the southern oil hub of Basra. The 25-year venture is expected to help Iraq make use of more than 700 million cubic feet per […]
Iraq's Energy Commission announced on Monday that it has decided to postpone its meeting to discuss the Shell gas contract until next week, further delaying the long-overdue signing. AKnews reports that the commission, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, announced last Wednesday that it would discuss the contract to develop and exploit the gas […]
AKnews reports that Shell and Mitsubishi’s giant gas venture in Basra has been criticised for planning to sell gas to fuel-starved Iraqi power plants at too high a price. The fuel will be sold at $4.38 per million British thermal units (mbtu), less than a third of the $15/mmbtu that is charged in parts of […]
The attached document is a detailed analysis of the joint venture between South Gas Company and Shell & Mitsubishi, prepared by our expert blogger Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Mr Jiyad is an independent development consultant, scholar and Associate with Centre for Global Energy Studies-CGES, London. He was formerly a senior economist with the Iraq National Oil […]
