Drilling in the Badra oil field in the east of Iraq is long and painful. The Iranians had this experience with first six wells drilled in their part of the shared oilfield in the past and now Russia’s Gazprom with its partners are laboring over the deep wells, having the same frustrating and sometimes disappointing experience as foreign operators who drilled on the other side of the border in recent…
Author: Ruba Husari
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Iraq Mega Projects 2012
Thamir Ghadhban: Iraq Megaprojects 2012, Dubai Oct.2, 2012
Oil Production, Exports, Infrastructure: A Five-Year Outlook
Ruba Husari: Oil Production, Exports, Infrastructure: A Five-Year Outlook , Dubai Oct.2, 2012
Halfaya Adds New Horizons
Halfaya oil field in Missan province is set to become the second green field to add significant production, after Ahdab, since Iraq’s oil ministry started awarding service contracts to international oil companies. A ceremony to celebrate the first commercial production from Halfaya field at a rate of 70,000 barrels per day, is set for July, the director general of Missan Oil Co (MOC) Ali Muarij tells me. With this new…