The Real Winners

In retrospect, and despite what was considered at the time a ridiculously low fee, producing oil fields awarded to international oil companies in the first bid round turned out to be the most lucrative in terms of the service fee they will be paid. That’s excluding the three fields that will be producing less than 200,000 b/d (see table below). Even with the protracted negotiations over amendments to the final producing…

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  …