Iraqi oil production has been slowly, but steadily, ramping up in the last three years, from an average of 2.336 million b/d in 2009 to 2.358 million b/d in 2010, to an average of 2.66 for the first eight months of this year, according to oil ministry official figures. With this, exports have also risen by almost 300,000 b/d, from a 2009 average of 1.9 million b/d in 2009 to…
Author: Ruba Husari
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BR4 – New Timetable
New Updated timetable announced by PCLD – Ministry of Oil, as of October5, 2011 Deadline for Participants’ preliminary comments on Contract November 11, 2011 Workshop December 05 – 06, 2011 Final Participants’ comments on Contract December 23, 2011 Publication of the Final Tender Protocol and Definitive Contract January 27, 2012 Deadline for Payment of Participation Fees February 03, 2012 Submission of Bids March 07 – 08, 2012
Laith Al-Shaher
Laith Al-Shaher is the Director General of the legal department at the Iraqi oil ministry and one of the main negotiators of the South Gas Project with Royal/Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi. In a first for an oil ministry official, he spells out the main features of the deal in an interview with IOF editor Ruba Husari in Baghdad, as well as the nature of Basrah Gas Co, the first gas joint venture…