Ahmed al-Ebadi, a spokesman for Iraqi Ministry of Energy, said on Tuesday that his country is looking forward to receiving more gas from Iran. Al-Ebadi told Iraq’s NAS News that Iraq’s debt to Iran is ready to be delivered to Iran. Iran claims that Iraq’s debt to the country for …
Read More »Iraq Signs 4 Major Energy Deals with Total
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has signs an agreement of principles with the French company Total for four major energy projects in the country: 1. Plants to collect and refine associated natural gas at the fields of Artawi [Ratawi], West Qurna 2, Majnoon, Tuba [Subba] and Lahais [Luhais]. This will include …
Read More »Solar Power “Remains a Mirage” in Iraq
Iraq has suffered from a lack of electricity generation capacity following the US-led invasion of 2003 as well as the rise and fall of the Islamic State group (IS) over 2014-17. Successive governments have thus far failed to rehabilitate Iraq’s electricity sector, despite spending some 50B USD on it in …
Read More »Iraq Discussing $7 Billion Energy Deal with Total
Iraq is discussing a “giant” agreement with French oil giant Total SE to build large infrastructure installations, develop oil fields and produce gas, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told Asharq News in an interview that aired on Saturday. The minister said he expected the contract to be finalized before July. …
Read More »Iraq Approves Deal to Award Schlumberger $480 Million Deal to Drill Oil Wells
The Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday approved a deal to award U.S. company Schlumberger Ltd a $480 million deal to drill 96 oil wells in the south, according to a statement. Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, relies on oil exports for nearly all its state revenue.
Read More »Iraq Ranks Second Among OPEC Top Producers in February
Iraq ranked second in the list of OPEC countries that rose their oil production in February, OPEC report said today, Saturday. The organization stated in its monthly report, “the production of the 13 member states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries” OPEC “decreased last February, reaching an average of …
Read More »Iraq to Pay Arrears as Part of Contract with Iran
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced that Iraq would pay its arrears to Iran as part of an agreement with Tehran, saying that the neighboring country will fully pay its debts. “There is no reason to worry about payments related to electricity exports to Iraq as this is carried out …
Read More »SOMO: More than 60% of Iraq’s Asian Exports Go to India and China
Iraq, the top oil supplier to India, is not cutting volumes to the South Asian country in February amid a focus to maintain its market share in Asia, which consumes at least 70% of its crude exports, the deputy director general of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) told S&P …
Read More »Iraq “Pauses Oil Pre-Payment Deal with China”
Iraq has reportedly “put on hold” it oil contract with China’s Zhenhua Oil. The multi-billion-dollar agreement would have seen Zhenhua pre-pay Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) for a regular supply of crude oil. Oil prices have risen significantly since the deal was struck.
Read More »Iraq Walks Away from $2B Upfront Oil Deal with China
Iraq has decided against signing an oil-supply deal with a Chinese state company that would’ve seen the cash-strapped Arab nation get about $2 billion upfront, according to its oil minister. Baghdad opted not to go ahead with the contract after oil prices rose in recent months, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said …
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