The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is performing its first recorded survey of regional oil and gas reserves to be utilized in conjunction with Iraqi federal authorities for reporting of countrywide reserves. In its capacity as operator of three licenses in Kurdistan, DNO International ASA is expected urgently to submit [...]
by Faleh Al-Khayat, oil expert. This speech was a part of Occupation Year 7: What future for Iraq? , a series of events organized by The BRussells Tribunal, and took place in the European Parliament, 18 March 2009, in Brussels
Iraq: The Iraqi oil ministry will today sign the final contract over West al-Qarna-2 oilfield with Russia’s Lukoil and Norway’s Statoil, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. “The two companies pledged to up production to a peak of 1.8 million barrels per day at a rate of $1.15 per barrel of additional produced barrel,” oil ministry spokesman, [...]
Iraq: Iraq’s oil minister has said he expects the country to become the world’s top oil producer within six to seven years, Reuters has reported. “We can’t find a reason to prevent Iraqi production becoming higher than any other Opec state or even states outside Opec,” Hussain al-Shahristani said. Unlike Opec’s 11 other members, Baghdad [...]
Iraq: Falah Alamri, head of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organisation has said the supergiant Rumaila oilfield will begin producing an extra 100,000 barrels per day by the beginning of July, Reuters has reported. Oil major British Petroleum and China’s CNPC had signed a 20-year development contract last year for the field, which has 17 billion [...]