Iraq Warns Total over KRG Oil Deal
By John Lee. Iraqi authorities have warned France’s Total that it must freeze its energy deal with Iraqi Kurdistan or sell its stake in the Halfaya oilfield, reports Reuters. Faisal Abdullah, a...
View ArticleMissan Oil Company to Drill 80 New Wells
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company, Iraq’s third-largest state-owned oil company, plans to drill 80 new wells in the southeastern region, its director general, Ali Muarej, told Bloomberg. The plan is...
View Article45 New Oil Wells Drilled in Maysan
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company has announced the completion of 45 new oil wells in the province as well as the rehabilitation of a number of old wells. The Director General of the Company, Ali...
View ArticleMaysan Province Seeks to Control Local Oil Fields
By John Lee. A member of the Energy Committee in Maysan Provincial Council has called on the Ministry of Oil to grant the province the right to take part in running the oil sector in the province,...
View ArticleTotal Says Unclear if Iraq Wants it to Exit Halfaya
By John Lee. The chief executive of French energy giant Total, Christophe de Margerie (pictured), has said that it is not clear if Iraq wants the company to withdraw from the Halfaya oilfield due to...
View ArticleCNPC’s First Crude Cargo leaves Basra for China
On December 14, the first cargo with 2 million barrels of crude oil from Iraq’s Halfaya Oilfield left Basra for China, indicating that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)‘s Halfaya Project has...
View ArticleChina May Build New $650m Iraq Oil Pipeline
By John Lee. The China Petroleum Pipeline (CPP) company is said to be close to winning a $650-million contract to build a pipeline linking the southern oilfields in Maysan province to the al-Fao [al...
View ArticleMore Progess at Halfaya
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company has finished drilling one of the new wells at the al Halfaya field. Director General of the company, Ali Imurig Soadj, said that the BOHI company, contracted by...
View ArticleMissan Oil Company Builds New Runway
The Missan Oil Company (MOC) has announced that it has finished building a 1,700-metre runway in the Halfaya area. It will be used to transport employees of companies like CNOOC and Petrochina to and...
View ArticleNew Rigs Arrive at Halfaya
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company (MOC) has announced that new oil rigs are being installed at the Halfaya oil field to increase the number of new wells in the second stage of developing the field....
View ArticleChina Shares $317m Pipeline Contract
By John Lee. The Wall Street Journal reports that the China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corp. (CPPE) and Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) have secured a contract worth up to $317 million...
View ArticleChina’s CPECC Wins $548m Halfaya Contract
By John Lee. Reuters reports that the China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), the engineering and construction subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),...
View ArticleRibbon Cut on new Bazurgan-Halfaya-Fao Pipeline
By John Lee. The Director General of Missan Oil Company has cut the ribbon on the 272-km crude oil pipeline from Buzurgan to Halfaya and onward to the tanks reservoir at al-Fao [al-Faw]. It starts from...
View ArticleChinese Firm Suspected of Fraud
By John Lee. China’s Caixin has reported that the Missan Oil Company (MOC) has suspended all activities of a company called Hermic, an oilfield service company controlled by former executives of the...
View ArticleHalfaya Oil Targets Reduced
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company has announced an agreement with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to reduce the final production target for the Halfaya oilfield from 535.000 barrels...
View ArticleIraq proposes Deferred Payment to CNPC
By John Lee. The head of the state-run Maysan Oil Company (MOC) has told Reuters that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) can go ahead with plans to double output at Halfaya (pictured) to...
View ArticleMore Wells Drilled at Halfaya
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company (MOC) has announced for the successful drilling of 5 new wells at the Halfaya oil field, which is being developed by Petrochina. Mr. Adnan Noshi, director general of...
View ArticleFive New Wells Completed at Halfaya
By John Lee. Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has announced the completion of five new oil wells at the Halfaya oil field. Mr. Adnan N. Sajit, the director general of the Maysan Oil Company (MOC), said the...
View ArticleFour More Wells Completed at Halfaya
By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company (MOC) has announced for the completion of four new wells at the Halfaya field in Maysan province. Adnan N. Sajit, the director general of the MOC, said that the...
View ArticleOil Minister, PetroChina discuss Gas Investment
By John Lee. Iraqi oil minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi [Allibi] has met with the Middle East head of PetroChina, Mr. Shaw Jian Vying, and his entourage. They discussed cooperation and development of the...
View ArticleOil Minister meets PetroChina
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi [Allibi] has met with the president of PetroChina in the Middle East, Mr. Shu Jian Fing, and his entourage. They discussed the development of the oil...
View ArticleFinal Expansion at Halfaya Oil Field
By John Lee. The Head of the Missan Oil Company (MOC) has said that the third and final phase of work to expand the Halfaya oil field has been launched. Adnan Noshi told Reuters that the target is to...
View ArticlePetrofac Awarded Iraq PMC from PetroChina
Petrofac has been awarded a contract, valued at around US$30 million, to undertake Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the Halfaya Contract Area (Halfaya) in southern Iraq. Working in...
View ArticleBHGE to supply Generators for Halfaya Oilfield
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has signed an agreement for the provision of turbine generators to PetroChina International Iraq, in the biggest Turbomachinery & Process Solutions (TPS) agreement ever...
View ArticleBHGE: Growth in Iraq Offsets Decline in other Markets
By John Lee. In its 2017 Results, Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) has said that rig count growth in Iraq and the UAE offset declines in other Middle Eastern markets. During the year, the company...
View ArticleNew Gas Treatment Station opened at Bazirgan Field
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi [Allibi, Luiebi] has opened a gas treatment station at the Bazirgan field in Maysan [Missan] governorate. The celebration was also attended the members of...
View ArticleIncreased Oil Production at Halfaya
By John Lee. Production at Halfaya oilfield has reportedly increased by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a total of 370,000 bpd. Adnan Noshi, head of Maysan Oil Company, told Reuters that output rose...
View ArticleChinese Firm to recover Gas at Halfaya
By John Lee. The China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) has been awarded a contract to recover natural gas from the Halfaya oilfield. Planned production is put at 300 million...
View ArticlePM Opens New Maysan Power Plant
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has officially opened the new Maysan Power Station. The new power plant adds 750 megawatts of capacity to the grid, 500 MW of which are produced...
View ArticleAssociated Gas Project opened at Halfaya Oilfield
By John Lee. State-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) has reported the opening of the processing plant for associated gas at the Halfaya oilfield. It was opened on Friday by the Governor of Maysan, Ali Douai...
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