Tag Archives | Tuba

Iraq's Quiet Return to Global Energy Relevance

By Nicholas Oakes, for the International Policy Digest. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. From Pipeline to Policy: Iraq's Quiet Return to Global Energy Relevance Recent deals with China, India, and France point to a strategic effort to diversify trade partnerships, hedging […]

China "Tightens Grip on Iraq" with Basra Megaproject

By Simon Watkins for OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. China Tightens Grip on Iraq's Energy Future with Massive Basra Megaproject China's Geo-Jade Petroleum has signed a swathe of major contracts that give Beijing control over Iraq's first fully integrated energy […]

Chinese Firm signs Contract for Integrated Energy Project

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has signed a major contract for the South Basra Integrated Project with a consortium comprising China's Geo-Jade Petroleum and Iraq's Crescent Basra (Hilal Al-Basra). The agreement, signed on Wednesday marks the Ministry's first adoption of a fully integrated project model. Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani described the deal […]

Subba Oilfield - Iraq Prioritises Gas Self-Sufficiency

By John Lee. Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, reaffirmed Iraq's commitment to achieving gas self-sufficiency through enhanced gas capture from oil production, development of gas fields, and exploration zones. Speaking at the handover ceremony for the Subba [Sabah, Tuba] Oilfield project, he highlighted its role in boosting oil production and meeting energy demands. The […]

China's Geo-Jade in New Integrated Oilfield Project in Iraq

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with the Chinese company Geo-Jade and the Iraqi company Crescent Basra (Hilal al-Basra) to invest in the integrated development project at the Tuba field, in the Zubair district of Basra. According to a statement from the Ministry, the project would have […]

Oil Ministry Discusses Development Plans with TotalEnergies

By John Lee. In a meeting of the Joint Management Committee, Iraq's Oil Ministry discussed the development plan for fields and projects contracted with the French company TotalEnergies. The Deputy Minister for Extraction Affairs affirmed the ministry's commitment to implementing strategic projects with TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy. According to a statement from the Ministry, the four […]

Iraq signs 4 Major Energy Deals with Total

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has signed an agreement of principles with the French company Total for four major energy projects in the country: Plants to collect and refine associated natural gas at the fields of Artawi [Ratawi], West Qurna 2, Majnoon, Tuba [Subba] and Lahais [Luhais]. This will include a Central Gas […]

Kentz Wins FEED Contract at West Qurna

By John Lee. In its half-yearly report issued on Thursday, Irish engineering services group Kentz announced that it was recently awarded a new engineering design contract in Iraq. The company will serve as the main FEED (front-end engineering and design) contractor on the Tuba Project, comprising part of the overall development of the West Qurna […]

ONGC Videsh Close to $1.5bn Iraq Oil Deal

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of the Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), may invest over $ 1.5 billion in exploring for oil in Iraq in a block that was awarded to it by the regime of Saddam Hussein, according to a report in the Economic Times. “We are nearing finality […]

Iraq Negotiating $500m New Pipelines

Iraq's state-run South Oil Company is holding talks with international oil companies to build three pipelines worth up to $500 million [600 billion Iraqi dinars], according to a report from Dow Jones Newswires. SOC's director-general said on Monday that the intention was to link key oil fields to the export system in southern Iraq. "We […]

New Quarterly Production Targets for Basra's Oilfields

Iraq's South Oil Company, working with the IOCs, has set quarterly production targets for the country's southern oilfields for 2011, according to documents obtained by Reuters. Production is targeted reach an average of nearly 2.3m bpd by Q4 2011. Oilfields Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Rumaila 1,175,000 1,201,000 1,226,000 1,250,000 West Qurna 1 260,000 270,000 285,000 […]