Misuse of Public Funds at Dhi Qar Oil Company
By John Lee. Iraq's Commission of Integrity has reported the detection of "excesses and waste" exceeding $33 million in two contracts for Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) and several departments affiliated...
View ArticleSuccessful Trial Operation of Gas Power Plant at Garraf
By John Lee. Under the guidance of Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil, Mr. Hayan Abdul Ghani, Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) has completed the trial operation of a gas power plant...
View ArticleAmarinth delivers $650k Pumps to Garraf Oilfield
UK-based pump company Amarinth has delivered four API 610 VS4 vertical pumps with Plan 53B seal support systems for the Oil Train 5 Project at Garraf oilfield. Located at the northwest of Al-Refaei,...
View ArticleRecon Wins Contract at Garraf Oilfield
China's Recon Technology has announced that it has signed a $2.8-million engineering and construction service subcontract with Grand Energy Development Limited on a heavy oil transportation system...
View ArticlePetronas Suspends Operations at Garraf Oil Field
By John Lee. Malaysia's Petronas has said it has shut down production and safely evacuated all of its Malaysian employees from Iraq due to coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement, the company said: "In...
View ArticleOil Production Falls at Garraf Field
By John Lee. Production at the Garraf [Gharraf] oil field in southern Iraq has reportedly fallen to an average of around 93,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January. According to S&P Global Platts,...
View ArticleItalian Firm in $320m Contract at Gharraf Oil Field
By John Lee. Iraq's cabinet has approved a plan to refer the second phase of the gas drying project for the Gharraf oil field to a consortium consisting of the State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP),...
View ArticleIDC starts Drilling New Oil Wells
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has begun drilling the FQCS-88 oil well at the Fakka oil field in eastern Maysan [Missan] province. The 2,000-horsepower IDC 55 rig is operating as part of...
View ArticleIraq Pushes Gas Developments to Reduce on Iran
By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Pushes Key Gas Developments To Reduce...
View ArticleIDC completes two Drilling Projects in Iraq
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has recently completed the drilling of oil well 48 at the Nasiriyah oil field. The company's general manager, Engineer Basem Abdel Karim Nasser, said this...
View Article$100 Oil: Iraq to Fast-Track Development at Oil Fields
Writing in Oil Price, Simon Watkins says $100 oil has prompted the Iraqi government to fast-track development of more technically challenging oil fields. Click here to read the full article.The post...
View ArticleProtesters disrupt Gharraf Oil Field
By John Lee. Demonstrators have reportedly caused disruption at oil facilities in Dhi Qar on Wednesday. According to Anadolu Agency, dozens of university graduates gathered at the Al-Gharraf oilfield...
View ArticlePetronas opens New Well at Garraf Field
By John Lee. Petronas Carigali Iraq Holding B.V. has opened its K-123 well in the Garraf Contract Area in Dhi Qar. Present at the event were, Petronas Vice President International Assets of Upstream...
View ArticleIOC's Strategic Positioning in Iraqi Upstream Petroleum
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. IOC's Strategic Positioning in Iraq Upstream Petroleum Much talk...
View ArticleAmarinth delivers $650k Pumps to Garraf Oilfield
UK-based pump company Amarinth has delivered four API 610 VS4 vertical pumps with Plan 53B seal support systems for the Oil Train 5 Project at Garraf oilfield. Located at the northwest of Al-Refaei,...
View ArticleRecon Wins Contract at Garraf Oilfield
China's Recon Technology has announced that it has signed a $2.8-million engineering and construction service subcontract with Grand Energy Development Limited on a heavy oil transportation system...
View ArticlePetronas Suspends Operations at Garraf Oil Field
By John Lee. Malaysia's Petronas has said it has shut down production and safely evacuated all of its Malaysian employees from Iraq due to coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement, the company said: "In...
View ArticleOil Production Falls at Garraf Field
By John Lee. Production at the Garraf [Gharraf] oil field in southern Iraq has reportedly fallen to an average of around 93,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January. According to S&P Global Platts,...
View ArticleOil Production to Increase at Gharaf
By John Lee. Japex is reportedly planning to increase production at the Gharaf oil field from around 90,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) currently to 230,000 bpd by the end of 2020. S&P Global...
View ArticleBaker Hughes wins Iraq Flare Gas Contract
Baker Hughes, a GE company has been awarded a contract by the South Gas Company of Iraq (SGC) for fast-track solutions to help the recovery of flare gas for Nassiriya and Al Gharraf [Garraf]...
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