Iraq | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 43
Iraq Stopped Fire at Qayyara Oil Field
The technical teams of the Iraqi government-owned North Oil Company, civil defense, and military engineers have managed to extinguish fire in the No. 70 well in Qayyara oilfield in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh.
Iraq’s Basra Terminal to Stop Operations for 24 Hours
Iraq's main oil export terminal, off the southern city of Basra, will stop loading operations for 24 hours, because of work to install a new pipeline feeding the facility.
Iraq’s KRG Exported 625,000b/d of Oil
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) exported 625,000b/d of oil to Ceyhan Port in January.
Iraq Seeks Partners for New Gas Plant
Iraq is looking for foreign partners to build and operate a second venture to process gas released as a by-product of oil production in its southern fields.
Egypt Ponders Iraqi Crude Imports
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla disclosed that an oil delegation will visit Baghdad during February to reach an agreement on the final draft to import Iraqi crude oil.
Iraq, GE Sign $1.4b Power Plant Deal
Iraq's Ministry of Electricity inked a $1.4b deal with General Electric (GE) for the construction of two 750 MW power plants by 2018.
Iraq to Double Its Offshore Terminal Capacity
Iraq has started work to double the crude oil loading capacity at one of its two southern offshore oil export terminals to 1.2mb/d. Shell Contracted Halliburton to Drill in Iraq
Shell has signed a $210m contract with Halliburton to drill 30 wells in Iraq's Majnoon oil field.
