Iraq Oil
Iraq oil stories: Iraq to boost oil production following contract awards; Lukoil-ConocoPhillips to bid for West Qurna-2 oil field; Iraq to award Zubair and West Qurna oil deals; Sterling Energy to start drilling in Kurdistan in December
Latest News
Fourth delay for Iraq oil auctions
Twelve Iraqi oil and gas exploration blocks open to bidding
Iraq approves two new oil engineering deals
Samsung Engineering and Petrofac await contract awards worth a total of $1.33bn
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Gazprom extends tender deadlines for Iraq oil processing facility
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Iraq oil export revenue up 60 per cent in 2011
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Irbil approves Afren's Barda Rash field development
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Hungarian group drills new well in Kurdistan
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Iraq announces new oil discovery
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Iraq planning Basra fertiliser plant
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The UK's Genel increases stake in Kurdistan
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Iraq publishes oil export figures for 2009
Special Report
Baghdad’s oil refining challenge
Iraq has outlined ambitious plans to overhaul its oil sector to raise production, but upgrading its refining capabilities is moving ahead slower than anticipated
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Contracts awarded
Iraq approves two new oil engineering deals
Samsung Engineering and Petrofac await contract awards worth a total of $1.33bn
Piling Tech wins $10m deal in Iraq
It is the UAE firm’s first contract in Iraq oil sector
Middle East contracts awarded: December 2011
Over $12bn worth of contracts have been awarded across the Middle East in December 2011, according to this checklist from MEED
Baker Hughes wins Eni drilling deal in Iraq
US firm awarded $640m contract for Zubair field
Shaw wins Iraq refinery rehabilitations study
Fourth refining contract in Iraq for US engineering firm
Analysis
Irbil’s challenge to federal Iraq
The centralisation of oil contracts by Baghdad is being tested by ExxonMobil’s decision to deal with Irbil
Commentary
Oil contractors remain wary
With fears that Iraq is set for another round of sectarian strife, risks and costs in the country are spiralling
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Majority call for federalism
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Exxon oil deal raises tensions
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Oil deals fuel Iraq tensions
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Security threat to oil production in Iraq
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Iraq struggles to cut gas flaring
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Moratorium on oil projects in Iraq
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Iraq law delays foreign oil deals
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Pace slows on Iraq fourth bid round
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Iraq pipeline repairs long overdue
Data
Gulf nurtures its downstream sector
In response to a rapid increase in local demand for refined oil products, the Middle East is investing billions of dollars into building and expanding refineries
Iraq’s July oil exports up 2.8 per cent
Oil revenues reach $54.6bn
Iraq oil exports up 1.4 per cent in May
Total revenues in 2010 reach $21.6bn
Financial crisis highlights need for Middle East and North Africa to diversify
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa region were better placed than many in the world to weather the global economic downturn but their need to stimulate sustainable growth is no less pressing
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