Iraq has invited international bidders to develop its Mansuriya gas field near the Iranian border, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told the state news agency INA last week. The invitation comes after the termination of a contract with a group led by Turkey’s state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corp. that also …
Read More »Russia’s Lukoil Plans Iraq Oil Output Boost
Lukoil PJSC is seeking to develop new oilfield projects in Iraq even as slumping crude prices and OPEC+ supply cuts have compelled the company to slash production in the country. Russia’s second-biggest oil producer pumped 400,000 barrels a day last year at its West Qurna 2 project in southern Iraq, …
Read More »Iraq Expects Global Oil Demand Growth in 2023; No Plans to Cancel Projects
Iraq expects global oil demand to grow at a pace of 3% a year in 2023, and OPEC’s second largest oil producer does not plan to cancel projects due to the current slowdown, the country’s oil minister said Oct. 20. In 2023, “will start the normal oil demand increase of …
Read More »Iraq Ranks Fourth in the World in Gas Reserves
Iraq ranks fourth in the world in gas reserves, The Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee confirmed, on Saturday. “Iraq is the fourth in the world with natural gas reserves, but annually, it burns about 18 billion cubic meters without any benefit.” A member of the committee, Ghaleb Muhammad, told Shafaq …
Read More »Iraq Raises Its Crude Oil Production, OPEC’s October Report Showed
Every month OPEC (Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries) releases a report on the oil industry and the overall OPEC oil price and trend evolution. The report of this October showed the price of oil remained glued to the $40 level for several months now. In all, OPEC now sees …
Read More »Iraq Forecasts 2021 Crude Oil Price at $50/b; Proposes Oil, Gas Reforms
Iraq has forecast the average price of its crude oil at $50/b in 2021, 23.4% higher than that which was proposed in the 2020 budget, as OPEC’s second largest producer plans for energy reforms over the next few years, according to a government white paper seen by S&P Global Platts. …
Read More »Iraq Discusses with BP Developing Oil Industry and Investing in Gas
The Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, stressed on Tuesday the importance of expediting plans for gas investment associated with oil operations in Al-Rumaila oil field. Ismail said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, “the maintenance of production in Al-Rumaila oil field and the available investment opportunities in …
Read More »Iraq Oil Minister Sees Oil at $45 in First Quarter of 2021
Iraq’s Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said oil prices are expected to reach around $45 in the first quarter of 2021, the al-Sabah state newspaper reported on Sunday. Iraq has also based a draft 2021 federal budget on a projected oil price of $42 per barrel, the paper cited the …
Read More »Iraq Oil Exports to US Reached 230 Thousand Barrels/Day in the First Half of 2020
The US Energy Administration announced on Sunday that the rate of Iraqi oil exports to America reached 230 thousand barrels per day during the first half of 2020. The administration said in a report, “the average Iraqi exports of crude oil to America during the first six months of this …
Read More »Iraq Oil Minister Expects Deal to Up Oil Exports
Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar expects an agreement with the OPEC+ group to increase Iraq’s crude oil exports, state news agency INA cited him as saying on Thursday. The agency was quoting the minister’s comments to state-owned newspaper Al-Sabah. It did not give more details.
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