Bonatti Group celebrated 500,000 man-hours worked without incidents at the West Qurna 2 field in Iraq during its operation and maintenance contract for Lukoil, which includes planning, maintenance, and inspection of the CPF, well pads, water intake and power station (126 MW). It also achieved the same milestone at the MLN field in Algeria, as […]
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JGC Corporation
JGC Corporation signed an agreement with with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil in October 2020 for the Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project. The upgrade will install a fluid catalytic cracking unit, vacuum distillation unit, and diesel desulfurization unit on land adjacent to the existing refinery. Although Iraq is currently one of the world’s leading oil-producing countries, […]
CPECC
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction (CPECC) submitted a bid for ADNOC’s $15 billion Hail and Ghasha offshore sour gas field development project in February, specifically for Package 2, worth $2 billion. Rumors have surfaced since last year that Chinese producers are looking to acquire ExxonMobil’s 32.7% stake in Iraq’s West Qurna 1 field, CPECC is […]
Petrofac
Petrofac has been in the news lately for a number of mixed reasons. The biggest headline was the company being banned from bidding on projects in the UAE by ADNOC, but the EPC giant also received a one-year contract extension worth $80 million in Iraq. Group CEO Sami Iskander said: “Since joining Petrofac at the […]
Dana Gas reports 41% increase in Q1 profit with plans for growth
Dana Gas aims to boost local gas production by 60% in two years, and has resumed its expansion plan in Iran
Oil rises on US crude stocks and demand optimism
Oil prices continue their rally this week, on the back of an expected decline in US crude stocks and a coming uptick in global demand
MENA energy investments to exceed expectations by $13 billion
Increased energy demand could cause a rise in energy investments in the next five years
Seven countries account for two-thirds of global gas flaring
Gas flaring satellite data from 2020 reveals that Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria remain the top seven gas flaring countries for nine years running
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum resume Khor Mor Expansion Project
$600m investment to increase production 57% within 2 years
Dana Gas collects $53 million from KRI projects year-to-date
Production from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has increased by 9% in Q1