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 …
The Results
If you are trying to figure out who won and who lost in Iraq’s first bid round, consider this: 22 companies have participated in the licensing round making offers for six oil fields and one gas field, as leaders or members of consortia. One gas field, Mansuriya had no takers. China’s CNPC was the most aggressive taking part in 5 offerings followed by Malaysia’s Petronas which targeted 4. Oil majors…