Iraq will begin trading crude oil for Iranian gas to end the recurring issue of payment delays to Tehran due to the need for US approval, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Sudani said on Tuesday (July 11). He said Iran had cut gas exports to Iraq by more than 50% …
Read More »India Explores Building Liquefaction Units in Iraq to Convert Flared Gas into LNG
India has initiated exploratory talks with Iraq to assess the possibility of building facilities to liquefy natural gas that is flared at the West Asian country’s oil and gas facilities, and transporting it as liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India, a senior government official said. The proposal came up during …
Read More »Iraq, TotalEnergies Sign $27 bln Energy Deal
Iraq and French oil major TotalEnergies has signed a long-delayed $27 billion energy deal that aims increase oil production and boost the country’s capacity to produce power with four oil, gas and renewables projects. The deal had been signed in 2021, with an initial investment of $10 billion in southern …
Read More »Iraq Plans to Boost Gas Output by 1.5bn cu ft in Five Years
Iraq plans to boost its gas output by 1,500 million cubic feet over the next five years, through its recent initiative to licence exploration operations across 10 oil and gas fields in west Iraq and 13 sites on the country’s western border, stated the Minister of Oil Hayan Abdulghani. Abdulghani …
Read More »Iran’s Natural Gas Exports Surge, Iraq Remains a Key Market
Iran’s natural gas exports to Iraq exceeded 9 billion cubic meters in 2022, according to the International Energy Institute. In a report released today, the official Iranian news agency IRNA stated that the country’s natural gas exports reached approximately 19 billion cubic meters last year, representing a growth rate of …
Read More »SOMO: Iraq Sells Crude Oil to Jordan below Official Price
Iraq’s SOMO, the state-owned oil marketing company, has announced that the average price of crude oil exported to Jordan reached $58.70 per barrel during the month of June. With this, Iraq sold each barrel of crude oil to Jordan last month at a price that was $12.41 lower than the …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Exports to US Reach 7.5 Million Barrels in June
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States reached 7.5 million barrels in the previous month of June. A table published by the administration revealed that Iraq exported 7.5 million barrels of crude oil to the United States during the month of …
Read More »U.S. Sees Sizable Surge in Iraqi Oil Imports; Canadian Crude Maintains Dominance
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported a dramatic upswing in its weekly crude oil imports from Iraq, with the volumes doubling over the last week. According to EIA’s compiled data, the average daily import of crude oil from nine primary exporting nations surged to 5.709 million barrels. This represents …
Read More »Iraq Announces New Bidding Round to Explore and Develop Gas Reserves
Iraq is inviting international energy companies to take part in an energy bidding round to explore and develop natural gas reserves, the country’s oil minister said on Sunday. Hayan Abdel-Ghani said 11 gas exploration blocks in different parts of the country would be on offer and described them as “promising”. …
Read More »Iraq Becomes 4th Largest Oil Supplier to U.S.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the United States have surpassed 250,000 barrels per day, establishing Iraq as America’s fourth-largest source of oil in the past week. In a report, the administration stated, “The average U.S. imports of crude oil from eight countries …
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