Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iraq boosted their crude oil shipments to China last month, strengthening their share of a market that Russia has pushed into following the invasion of Ukraine. The Middle East producers loaded almost 4 million barrels a day of crude for Chinese buyers in October. With …
Read More »Iraq Calls Russian Companies to Explore Oil in New Areas
Head of the technical department in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Ali Ward Hammoud, stated on Friday that Iraq is interested in the partnership with Russian oil companies, and called Russian companies to participate in exploring oil in new areas, according to Sputnik News. Hammoud, in a statement to Sputnik, …
Read More »In Cooperation with Russian Company, Iraq Seeks to Boost Output from the Badra Oilfield
Iraq seeks to boost output from the Badra oilfield operated by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, a senior official at the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Ali al-Wardi said on Saturday. Speaking to Sputnik, al-Wardi said, “we have an old contract…Gazprom continues to work pursuant to this contract. We have plans to increase …
Read More »Basra’s Crude Posts Heavy Weekly amid Fear of Economic Slowdown
Oil prices’ headed to a second weekly loss in a row, as fears of economic slowdown persisted and offset hopes of rising oil demand from China. But crude is gaining support from a looming European Union ban on Russian oil, as well as the recent 2 million-barrels-per-day output cut agreed …
Read More »Iran Enhances Gas Exports to Iraq
Director of Dispatching of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Mohammad Reza Joulai announced that Iran’s gas exports to Iraq increased in the current year. Joulai met and held talks with senior officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity in Isfahan province, Iran on Tuesday. Joulai highlighted in this meeting …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Exports to the United States Decreased to 222 bpd in the Past Week
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed that Iraq exported 222 bpd of oil to the United States in the past week. EIA stated in a report, “U.S. imports oil 5.782 million bpd in the past week.” The top three source countries for U.S. import oil are Canada (3.538 million …
Read More »Iraq Yields 9.784 Billion Dollars from Crude Sales in August
Iraq collectively grossed 9.784 billion dollars from oil sales in August 2022, according to a survey by the state oil marketer, SOMO. Crude oil exports amounted to 101,959,528 barrels, yielding 9,784,000,000 dollars, the SOMO survey said. Exports from oilfields in Mid and south Iraq amounted to 100,750,000 barrels, while Kirkuk …
Read More »Iraqi Company Buys a Romanian Power Plant
Iraq’s Mass Group Holding has bought Romania’s Mintia thermal power plant (TPP) from Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) for 91.2 million euro ($91 million) in a public auction, and plans to invest over 1 billion euro in the plant in the coming years, the company’s judicial administrator Expert Insolventa said on …
Read More »Iraq is Planning to Increase Crude Oil Production
Iraq is planning to increase its crude oil production to phased targets of 5 to 8 million barrels per day (bpd) over time, according to the first vice president of the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC), Hamid Younis, last week. The director general of the Iraq Oil Exploration Company (IOEC), …
Read More »Iraq Agrees to Provide Lebanon with Fuel for another Year
Lebanon and Iraq renewed their fuel agreement today. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement that the agreement has been renewed for one year, with the same conditions as the previous deal. Iraq and Lebanon signed an agreement last July for Iraq to provide Lebanon with 1 million …
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