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Eni to Award Oilfield Drilling Contracts

Italian oil major Eni is expected to award a tender to drill more than 100 new oil wells at its Zubair oil field in southern Iraq in August, according to a report from Dow Jones. "We received the bids and we are in the process of assessing them," an executive told the news agency. Several […]

Exxon Says Iraq Delay Not Affecting West Qurna

ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and its partner Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) have not been affected by a delay in the formation of Iraq's new government, and work on their West Qurna Phase One project is moving ahead, an Exxon executive said on Monday. Exxon expects to tender later this year to drill new wells in the supergiant […]