After steady production gains, Iraq's largest oil field is mobilizing for further work even as its developers renegotiate the parameters of the contract.
Rumaila on the rise
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Q&A: Hussein Abdul-Kadhim Hussein, director of the Rumaila Operating Organization
Even though Iraq is emerging from OPEC-plus quota constraints, its most prolific oil field is still producing well below capacity as BP, PetroChina, and BOC negotiate near-term plans.
Q&A: Hussein Abdul-Kadhim Hussein, director of the Rumaila Operating Organization
The Rumaila field produces one-third of Iraq's oil, but it has pulled back from record output due to budget constraints and OPEC obligations.
Rumaila’s quest for water key to record production
Future growth at Iraq’s largest oil field hinges on unresolved plans for meeting the project’s massive demand for new water supplies.
Success, but more tests, in Basra unrest turnaround
It's back to business as usual in Iraq's biggest oil fields after Iraqi oil and security officials quickly moved to improve security and reassure foreign oil firms.
New Rumaila contract includes substantive changes
A new contract for Iraq's most prolific oil field lowers output, extends the life of the deal, and gives BP and CNPC a larger stake.
Oil expats evacuate Basra, lasting impact of unrest unclear
As hundreds of foreign oil workers rushed to the Basra airport, a top Maliki envoy arrived in Basra assuring the security of projects.
Q&A: Ali Khudhier, chairman of Basra Gas Company
The leader of Iraq's efforts to capture and process natural gas in Basra, Ali Khudhier discusses the interlocking projects required to eliminate flaring.
Q&A: Nick White, acting deputy GM of Rumaila
Rumaila produces one-third of Iraq's oil, and it's poised to grow — if it can get enough water and related infrastructure approved and in place.
Rumaila production reduced after explosion
An explosion at a degassing station in South Rumaila has injured dozens, though casualty count is unclear, and curtailed some oil output.
Rumaila bounces back after bombing
Iraq's largest oil field has almost fully recovered from Tuesday's pipeline bombing, which took half of its production off line.
Rumaila blockade averted
Governor meets with oil workers to hear grievances, forestalling a major labor interruption at Iraq’s biggest oil field.
Rumaila production recovering after bombings
The country's largest oil field is up to nearly 1 million bpd and officials are plotting security fixes after pipeline bombings drastically cut output.
Details emerge from the court battle for Rumaila
Iraq Oil Report sheds light on the federal court challenge to BP's contract for Rumaila with the documents filed by the Oil Ministry and MP Musawi in recent hearings.
Promising jobs, Basra appeases protesters at key commercial sites
At both Iraq's largest oil field and its only deep water port, demonstrators had been blocking access roads but disbanded after receiving guarantees of employment.
Rumaila deal survives another court hearing
Nine-judge high court takes further arguments from attorneys and gives four weeks to receive rebuttals on potential oil industry-shaking lawsuit.
Pipeline bombs cut Rumaila flow, threaten exports
Production in Iraq's largest oil field has been cut and exports may suffer after saboteurs bombed the same section of pipeline targeted in an October attack.
First Rumaila hurdle cleared, many remain
BP and CNPC reach a deal with the Oil Ministry but MPs call the deal “illegal” as the Cabinet readies to weigh in.
Q&A: Hamza Abdul-Baqi Nassir, director general of the South Gas Company
Iraq is continuing to negotiate with Total over the Ratawi gas hub as export cuts from Iran and nationwide electricity failures highlight the need for new domestic energy supply.
Besieged Iraqi oil sector buoyed by southern expansion
While violence has taken Iraq's northern oil sector almost entirely offline, growing production and export capacity in the south is keeping Iraq afloat.
Majnoon, Rumaila make headway
Royal Dutch Shell's Majnoon oil field has quickly increased to more than 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) over the past three months, following nearly a year-long shut-down, as other key Basra fields also increase production.
December production stumbles on temporary Rumaila outage
Iraq finished 2019 with its lowest monthly production average of the year due to OPEC cuts and a brief output drop at its most prolific field.
Bombers intercepted near Basra oil fields
After encountering heightened security on the outskirts of Basra, near the Rumaila oil field, two suicide attackers blew up their car bombs.
Rumaila lawsuit hearing set for Jan. 11
Iraqi federal court hears government defense, postpones hearing and fate of contracting process until Jan. 11.