Iraq
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October 18, 2017
Petrofac has been awarded a contract, valued at around $30 million, to undertake Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the Halfaya Contract Area (Halfaya) in southern Iraq.
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October 17, 2017
Oil eased gains as Iraq said it planned to develop the oil industry in Kirkuk in a way that enhances exports.
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October 17, 2017
The latest battle for Iraq’s future is unfolding around the country’s oldest oil field.
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October 17, 2017
Crude output in Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk province tumbled when two fields halted production as government troops pushed back Kurdish forces in an Iraqi offensive to regain control in the disputed area.
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October 16, 2017
Crude extended gains from the highest close in two weeks as speculation mounted over potential output disruptions in a region that’s home to Iraq’s oldest producing oil fields.
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October 16, 2017
Iraqi forces advanced toward the disputed city of Kirkuk, as the government sharply intensified its efforts to stall moves toward a Kurdish state by seizing the oil fields that would underpin its economy.
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October 15, 2017
Oil flowed normally from fields in northern Iraq even as government troops and allied militias faced off with forces from the independence-seeking Kurdish region on the outskirts of the disputed area of Kirkuk.
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October 2017
Middle East/North Africa grapples with production cut commitment, despite urge to boost output
News
October 10, 2017
Petrofac has secured a three-year master services agreement (MSA) to support Gazprom Neft Middle East B.V. (Gazprom Neft) with the provision of engineering services on a call-off basis for Garmian field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
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October 10, 2017
Iraq and Iran boosted crude exports in September, taking advantage of a slower pace of shipments from rival Saudi Arabia to win buyers in key markets like China and the U.S.
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October 09, 2017
Chevron Corp. and Total SA have expressed readiness to help develop Iraq’s giant Majnoon oil field, which Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it wants to quit, according to Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi.
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October 02, 2017
Oil slid in New York after its biggest monthly gain in more than a year as the boost from seasonal demand and political tensions in Iraq was expected to fade.
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September 26, 2017
Oil prices slipped after entering a bull market amid heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, while Trafigura Group and Citigroup Inc. both warned of a looming supply squeeze.
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September 25, 2017
Turkey can choose to “close the valves” on oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdish region through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned as Kurds voted Monday in a referendum on independence from Iraq.
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September 21, 2017
Iraq’s Kurdish provinces plan to vote in a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, a poll that regional and Western powers, not to mention the central government in Baghdad, have decried as a catalyst for greater instability in a region gutted by war.
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September 20, 2017
Gazprom Neft Badra, operator of Badra field, Iraq, has undertaken the largest-ever maritime shipment of oil for export in the company’s history, with 1.78 MMbbl of hydrocarbons being despatched for the United States in the New Solution crude oil tanker.
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September 20, 2017
Gas Plus Khalakan (GPK), the operator of the Shewashan oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, is pleased to provide an update on the operations and activity that has been delivered to further develop the Shewashan oil field.
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September 19, 2017
Rosneft has completed its due diligence on infrastructure of the export oil pipeline in Iraqi Kurdistan (KROP) and will shortly finalize the legally binding documents on oil pipeline project under the Investment Agreement signed at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2017.
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September 08, 2017
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced an agreement with ExxonMobil to join the Baeshiqa license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
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September 01, 2017
Iraq said it has gone deeper than its pledged oil-output cut, potentially ending a seven-month period in which OPEC saw the nation falling short of its agreed curbs.
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August 31, 2017
Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region reached a financial settlement with Dana Gas PJSC and its partners over delays at a natural gas project.
