After watching Royal Dutch Shell go for the kill on Majnoon oil field, I’m stunned and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I expected companies to try and undercut each other to win one of the fields offered in the second bid round, before the door of Iraq oil closes again. But I didn’t expect them to go way below the maximum remuneration fee the oil ministry was willing…
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2nd Bid Round: The Results – 11 December 2009
– MAJNOON OIL FIELD: THE BIDDERS: 1. Royal Dutch Shell (60%) – Petronas (40%) FEE BID: $1.39 PLATEAU: 1,800,000 b/d SCORE:100 2. Total (57%) – CNPC (43%) FEE BID $1.75 PLATEAU: 1,405,000 b/d SCORE: 79 Ministry Max Remuneration Fee: not revealed Majnoon contract awarded to SHELL – HALFAYA OIL FIELD: THE BIDDERS: 1. ONGC (50%) – TPAO (30%) Oil India (20%) FEE BID: $1.76 …
Iraq: Contract Labyrinth
19 December 2008 Iraq’s latest draft model contract for its first postwar bid round, recently made available to participating firms, has failed to bridge the gap between the oil ministry and international oil companies, analysis of the latest text reveals. The two sides may struggle to narrow their differences in the short time frame announced by Baghdad, which aims to publish the final technical service contract by April 2009 and…