Here's the field by field recap of winners, losers and details of the fields international companies now have deals to develop.
Results for "complete round results"
Q&A: Hassan Mohammed Hassan, deputy Basra Oil chief in charge of licensing round fields and West Qurna 1
Basra's fields bore the brunt of the OPEC-plus production curtailments, and they are ready to surge as output quotas lift.
Schedule for Round 2 oil deal initialing
Iraq begins Sunday and ends Dec. 30 with initialing of the oil contracts awarded Dec. 11 and 12, to be sent to the Council of Ministers.
Production-sharing contracts: a dying breed?
EDITOR'S NOTE: The issue of production-sharing contracts (PSCs, also called production-sharing agreements, or PSAs) in Iraq is a contentious one. Encouraged initially by American advisers as the best means for investment in post-war Iraq by, the system, which allows oil companies to take a share of the profits of all oil extracted, can mean that […]
Q&A: Ihsan Ismaael, Oil Minister and President of INOC
Iraq's top oil leader discusses implementation of a mega-deal with TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil's exit, and the aftermath of a landmark court ruling on Kurdistan's oil sector.
Q&A: Hamza Abdul-Baqi, director general of South Gas Company
The head of southern Iraq's gas sector discusses the expansion of BGC, associated gas processing at Nahr Bin Omar, and the Ratawi gas hub.
Q&A: Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi – Part 1
Iraq's oil minister discusses increasing production despite a fiscal squeeze, measures to keep IOCs whole, the Basra Gas Company and Zubair projects, and more.
Q&A: Electricity Minister Luay al-Khatteeb
Iraq's new electricity minister discusses fast-track power plans, Siemens and GE, and the myth vs. reality of the Trump administration's lobbying for American companies.
Q&A: Uday Awad, member of the Parliament Oil and Gas Committee
An MP from Basra and influential member of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Awad outlined his position on foreign oil companies in Iraq and Iran's role in the oil sector.
Q&A: Bassem Abdul Karim Nassir, head of the Iraqi Drilling Company
Iraq's state company for drilling has idle rigs ready for more upstream development.
Security woes dash Iraq gas plans
The rise of the IS group has taken the Akkas and Mansuriya projects offline indefinitely, stalling development at the foundation of Iraq's gas strategy.
Q&A: Khalid Hamza Abbas, Basra Oil Company director general
The chief of Basra's oil sector discusses Exxon's impending departure from West Qurna 1, Total's bid for a massive new deal, and Iraq's efforts to develop new capacity from state-run fields.