It’s unique, it’s challenging and it’s complex, but Iraq’s oil ministry seems determined to make the first upstream-downstream integrated project in Nassiriya a reality. What’s more, forget the $ per barrel fee that was the basis of all previous service contracts. On this one, investors will make a return on their investment from a percentage of the revenues Iraq will rake, pretty much like the “profit oil” concept in production-sharing…
Author: Ruba Husari
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Syria Redrawing ME Energy Map
Syria might not be a major oil or gas producer in the Middle East, but—depending on the outcome of the Syrian uprising—it may determine the shape of the future regional energy map. The country’s geographic location offers Mediterranean access to landlocked entities in search of markets for their hydrocarbons and to countries seeking access to Europe without having to go through Turkey. The opportunities presented to many in the region…
Pipeline Lessons
Iraq has launched its latest oil export infrastructure expansion project; a new pipeline that would carry crude from southern Iraq across Jordan to the port of Aqaba on the Red Sea. When completed, the pipeline would carry crude from the southern oil fields in Basrah and Missan, as well as the Midland fields such as Nassiriya, Gharaf and Badra to be exported through a new terminal, primarily to markets in…
Iraq Oil, A Target: Why, When & How
Tariq Shafiq: Iraq Oil, A Target: Why, When & How