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Basra gas deal with Shell stalled
Negotiations on joint venture company to capture wasted natural gas have ended and project will be put to tender, said Iraqi Minister of Electricity.
Q&A: Shell’s Iraq VP Hans Nijkamp
The head of Shell's Iraq operations discusses the criticism of its multi-billion-dollar gas deal, the status of its oil field development, and its long-term strategy.
Shell-Iraq gas company would be Basra natural gas monopoly
*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra *Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show Plus: *Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action *Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama? *Violence in Context *Iraq Press Roundup *USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future […]
Iraq politics impact Shell gas deal
Shell south gas deal under pressure as political maneuvering increases in Iraq.
Shell gas deal gets initial OK, including exports
Iraq inked a draft deal to form a company with Shell and Mitsubishi to capture, process and export gas that is currently flared in Basra fields.
Mitsubishi added to Shell-Iraq gas deal
Plus: *Iraq sweetens deal to oil majors in Istanbul meetings *South Oil Co. offers oil companies 40 wells to drill *Walid Khadduri on oil and elections *Iran-Iraq meetings pledge oil, other economic trade boost *KRG changes legislative body name, says Qandil Mountains contained *Baghdad museum to reopen *Fallujah still in ruins *Joost Hiltermann: lessons of […]
Shell gets its gas deal
After years of negotiations, Shell inks a 25-year gas company joint venture with Iraq, making it the largest investor in the country's oil sector.
Shell accelerates Iraq drawdown with Majnoon exit
Negotiations begin over handing back the Majnoon operatorship, months after stake in West Qurna 1 was put up for sale, highlighting one major oil company's resistance to Iraq's tough terms.
Cabinet approves Shell gas deal
A final signing could come as early as next week, after Iraq's Cabinet approved Shell's deal to capture billions of dollars' worth of associated gas that is currently flared in Basra.
Baghdad-Erbil oil feud: the documents
Iraq Oil Report is publishing the oil production data used by Baghdad in accusing Erbil of smuggling and shutting in oil revenues.
Q&A: Dhia Shaker al-Luaibi, director of Majnoon oil field
Basra Oil Company's field manager at Majnoon talks foreign interest and Iraqi success in developing the field once operated by Shell.
Iraq ready for refinery pitches
Potential investors face a looming deadline to bid on four refinery deals, and Iraq Oil Report has obtained the specs and investment terms of the projects.
Shell evacuation reveals cracks in Basra Gas Company consortium
Protests that prompted an emergency evacuation in May were caused by a breakdown in payments and cooperation between Shell and its government partners.
Q&A: Shell Iraq’s Hans Nijkamp
The head of Shell's projects in Iraq discusses the buildup of Majnoon, the reduction of flaring in Basra, and payments for West Qurna 1.
Shell to return to Basra with new head
Following payment disputes and volatile protests that prompted the Basra Gas Company's expat staff to evacuate, Shell and Iraq's South Gas Company are bringing in new leadership as they attempt to reconcile.
Shell and Petronas get closer to Majnoon contract
Representatives of the two oil companies initialed a contract with the Iraqi Oil Ministry Sunday, though now begins the longer process of Council of Ministers approval.
Interview: Ali Khudhier of South Gas Company
SGC chief talks about projected increases in gas production, potential export routes, and the ultimatum on Shell’s gas deal.
Shelling out Iraq’s gas
Controversial pact between Iraq and Shell moving along, with Parliament requesting involvement.
Iraq optimistic on delayed Shell gas deal
A top Iraqi oil ministry official says the 3-year talks on a joint venture with Shell to capture flared gas may end next week.
Shell opens secret Baghdad office
Plus: *A needed debrief of the Shell gas project *Iraq oil exports drop *U.S. loses $13 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds *KRG inks power deal, puts wind and hydro to tender *Night lights in Baghdad neighborhood *Parliament Elections: Sunni tribal elders, Moqtada Sadr to run *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Hits and Misses of Shell-Iraq […]
Shell’s continued re-entry into Iraq
Iraq Oil Report spoke to Mounir Bouaziz, Shell’s vice president for Middle East & North Africa, about what it will take to truly secure oil and gas investments in Iraq.
Exclusive: Iraq’s two oil laws
Iraq Oil Report publishes the full English texts of the two competing oil laws drafted by the Cabinet and the Parliament.
EXCLUSIVE: Full text of the new Kurdistan export deal
As Iraqi leaders take tentative steps toward oil policy reconciliation, Iraq Oil Report publishes the agreement – signed Sept. 13, but secret until now – that sets the rules of the road ahead.