Iraq Government
Shell to take advantage from flared gas gathering In January 2015, the international oil company (IOC) Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and Iraq Government signed a new agreement to prepare ground in Nibras, near Basra, for the largest ever built petrochemical complex in the country in order to monetize the gigantic reserves of flared associated gas […]
Weatherford completed Gharraf oil field FEED work The Swiss-based oil and gas fields services company Weatherford International Ltd (Weatherford) completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Gharraf, or Garraf, oil and gas field operated by the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) Petronas, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and the local North Oil Company (NOC) […]
BP Rumaila project includes CPS and IPC packages BP and its partnering national oil companies, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), and Iraq State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) have called for tenders the Produced Water Re-Injection (PRWI) project to develop the giant Rumaila oil and gas field in the south of Iraq. Approximately 80 […]
SCR to qualify bidders for Basrah Refinery revamping The national South Refinery Company (SRC) is currently qualifying the engineering companies and contractors interested to bid for the Basrah Refinery revamping and upgrade project in the south of Iraq. This project is part of the Iraq national program to restore the refining capacities of the country […]
CNPC and Total to double production with Halfaya-3 The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and its partners, Total from France, Petronas from Malaysia and the local South Oil Company (SOC) confirm to target the plateau production of the Halfaya oil field in the south of Iraq by 2017 as originally defined. Halfaya oil […]
BP and CNPC prepare Rumaila processing plant bids The UK super major BP and its partners, China National Oil Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the Iraq state-owned State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) are currently reviewing the long list of the potential bidders for the Rumaila oil processing plants projects near Basra in the south of […]
Iraq Key Projects and Business Highlights The first half 2013 saw positive changes in Iraq with all the companies increasing the production of crude oil and natural gas, and with most of the international oil companies (IOCs) such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Petronas, Shell, Total proceeding to successful diplomatic moves either in signing farm-in agreements […]
SCOP awards Technip Karbala Refinery PMC contract The Iraq national oil company (NOC) State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) selected the French engineering company Technip to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services on the Karbala Refinery project in the center of Iraq. The Karbala Refinery project is part of the Iraq Government to invest between […]
