China’s CNPC Says Iraqi Oil Field Now Onstream
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country’s top oil producer, has said operations have begun at Iraq’s Al-Ahdab oil field, with an initial annual capacity of three million tonnes.
Russia Courts Oil Investors with Warning on OPEC’s Capacity
Russia, keen to parlay credentials as the world’s top oil producer into new investment in its offshore oil riches, told investors on Friday the best guarantee of supply was cooperation on new fields.
Russia Courts Oil Investors with Warning on OPEC’s Capacity
Russia, keen to parlay credentials as the world’s top oil producer into new investment in its offshore oil riches, told investors on Friday the best guarantee of supply was cooperation on new fields.
The situation of the Iraqi oil industry
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 to ink final West al Qarna contract
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, [...]