Realism should be of order on Dec. 11 as international oil companies converge on Iraq’s oil ministry headquarters to make their last bid to enter Iraq while the door is still open. The 10 contracts on offer over the two days of Iraq’s second bid round will include the last Iraqi oil fields to be tendered to foreign firms for a long time to come. While still awash with undeveloped…
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First Bid Round Revisited
Lukoil’s Vagit Alekperov said his company has now changed its mind on West Qurna -1 oil field following a detailed analysis and is now ready to follow in the footsteps of BP/CNPC and sign up to develop the field for a $1.9/bbl remuneration fee, the maximum fee the Iraqi oil ministry was willing to offer oil companies when the first licensing round bids were opened on June 30. Lukoil is…