The Ministry of Electricity announced today that the national energy system has lost more than 5,000 megawatts due to the decline in Iranian gas supply to stations in the center and south of the country. The ministry said in a statement that the national system is exposed today, Wednesday, September …
Read More »EIA: US Imports of Iraqi Crudes Dropped
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday that Iraqi crude oil exports to the US declined to 77,000 barrels per day (bpd) during the past week. According to a report released by the EIA, “The United States imported crude oil from Iraq at a rate of 77,000 bpd, …
Read More »Lukoil Plans to Ramp up Oil Output at West Qurna 2 Field to 480,000 b/d in 2022
Russia’s second-largest crude oil producer Lukoil hopes to increase oil output at the West Qurna 2 project in Iraq to 480,000 b/d next year, the company said during a conference call Aug. 27. Lukoil had previously considered quitting the project in the country due to the current investment climate, but …
Read More »U.S. Increases Crude Imports from Iraq
U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday, despite a slight decrease in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged 5.423 …
Read More »Iraq Plans to Increase Oil Production to 8 mln bpd by 2027
Iraq plans to increase oil production to eight million barrels per day (BPD) by the end of 2027, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told the Iraqi news agency (INA) on Tuesday. The oil ministry’s spokesman, Assem Jihad, also told INA that oil-producing countries reconsidered their plans because of the …
Read More »Iraq is India’s Biggest Oil Supplier in July
Iraq topped the list of India’s oil suppliers in July, data by Vortexa, an oil and gas analytic platform, revealed. The Vortexa data show that 64pc of India’s July crude imports, or 2.1mn b/d, came from the Middle East, compared with 2.3mn b/d in the previous month. Of the 2.1mn …
Read More »EIA: U.S. Downsizes Crude Imports from Iraq
U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 82,000 barrels per day (bpd) last, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Saturday, despite a spurt in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged 5.588 million barrels …
Read More »Russians Decide against Selling Iraqi Oilfield to China
Russia’s Lukoil PJSC is retracting its decision to sell its stake in West Qurna-2 field in the south to Chinese companies, according to Iraqi state-run newspaper Al-Sabah. Iraq’s oil ministry has been in talks with the company for the last six months to convince it to repeal its decision, and …
Read More »Iraq Exports about Four Million Barrels of Oil to South Korea in the Past June
South Korean Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraqi oil exports to South Korea are 3.872 million barrels in last June. The Data stated that “The South Korea oil imports is 80.165 million barrels (2.67 barrels per day.)” The top four source countries of South Korean import oil are Saudi Arabia …
Read More »Basra Light Drops but Remains on Top of a OPEC Crudes
Basra’s light crude exported to Asia registered $75.14 a barrel, 0.49% below the previous session’s price. The price of a Basra heavy crude barrel rose to $70.05 a barrel, up by 0.17%. The Saudi Arab light crude closed at $75.13 a barrel, while Iran’s heavy settled $69.54 a barrel. UAE’s …
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