Forum: Iraqi Oil

Pumping of Iraqi oil back to their normal levels Qatar News Agency GMT 11:10:00 2010 Wednesday, September 1st

The Turkish oil firm Genel Enerji has announced that it has contacted JP Morgan Chase to sell part or all of its shares in the Taq Taq field in Kurdistan. Genel owns 44% of Taq Taq, and runs it in conjunction with China’s Sinopec. In January 2004 Genel signed a deal to operate in Kurdistan. It was...

Iraq's oil industry has seen a slow decline this year. In December 2009 the country produced 61.3 million barrels. That has not been achieved since then. In January output dropped to 59.7 million barrels, then 57.9 million in February, 57.1 million in March, before hitting a yearly low so far of...

Lukoil seeks bids for Iraq's West Qurna seismic surveys http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=13706

In August 2010 the Kurds’ Natural Resource Minister Ashti Hawrami gave a press conference where he claimed that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) could produce 1 million barrels of oil a day by 2014. The Kurds have made this claim before, and have used it to pressure Baghdad into letting...

I have often wondered about those flames in the desert. A senior official at Shell oil that Iraq is losing the value of 50 dollars per second, equivalent to 4 million dollars a day, as a result of the burning of gas associated with oil production in the province of Basra. The Vice-President...

Iraq’s oil revenues exceeds $4b in July August 24, 2010 - 10:38:22 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s oil revenues for July of 2010 exceeded $4 billion, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Tuesday. “Iraq exported 56.3 million barrels of oil in July of 2010, totaling at $4.009...

. Iraq on alert for al Qaeda oil pipeline attacks BAGHDAD | Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:35pm EDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has boosted security at its oil facilities after intelligence indicated al Qaeda groups were planning attacks on pipelines, an official said...

. New Iraq-Kuwait oil agreement Tuesday, August 10, 2010 17:16 GMT Al Jarida Newspaper said on Monday that Kuwait and Iraq are expected to reach a new agreement over the general principles of investment in oil fields on the common borders. A statement the source of which was not...

In more troubling news for the Iraqi oil industry, the northern pipeline to Turkey is down once again. Originally a department head in the North Oil Company that is in charge of the pipeline reported that there was a blast in Ninewa province that knocked it out of service. Later, officials said...

. Russia's Rosneft to invest 630 million dollars in a joint venture with Crescent Petroleum Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:16 pm GMT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior official said that Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer in Russia, will invest 630 million dollars in a joint venture with United...

. Under the Oil Ministry denies the existence of any crisis in the oil derivatives PUKmedia Laila Al Shammari / Baghdad 08.17.2010 18:12:49 Denied Unknown Akram, Deputy Minister of Oil for the distribution of derivatives of the existence of any crisis of petroleum...

. Allocation of 100 degrees and functional within the protections of foreign oil companies in Dhi Qar 08/22/2010 10:00:00 Nasiriyah News Network / time Sheikhly:

. Basra refinery will produce five million liters of gasoline per day Tuesday, 17 August / August 2010 03:39 Basrah Director revealed in South Refineries Company to the Basra refinery will start producing five million liters of gasoline in the coming days, meanwhile, ...

. Completion of drilling 35 oil wells in partnership with international companies since the beginning of the year Monday, 16 August / August 2010 03:22 Baghdad The General Director of the Iraqi Drilling Company on Saturday, said his company completed drilling 35 oil wells since...

. Next July, when oil production in the Ahdab west of Kut Monday, 16 August / August 2010 12:01 Kut The governor of Wasit, Latif Hamid Blink The month of July next year will be the date for the production and export of oil from the Ahdab west of Kut, and implementation of...

. Foreign firms race to develop Iraqi oil fields By Fatima Kamal Azzaman, August 21, 2010 The relative stability in southern Iraq, where the country’s most prolific and gigantic oil fields are situated, has persuaded foreign firms to start operating in earnest. A good example is...

. Iraqi oil firm on $224 million oil drilling drive in south By Majid al-Baldawi Azzaman, August 17, 2010 The Missan Oil Firm is proceeding with plans to drill 20 new oil wells in two years. The wells are situated in the southern Province of Missan where some of Iraq’s...

. Oil Expert: Iraq will be a major force in world oil markets 15/8/2010 - 16:23 08/15/2010 - 16:23 BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chief of the Energy Section at the Center for Arab Gulf Studies at the University of Basra, Iraq will be a major force in world oil markets over the coming...