There was certainly an unwarranted rush by the government to award all the fields included in both rounds totalling 27 although they could not get offers for some of the smaller ones and the reasons for Kirkuk and Bai Hassan are more related to Kurdish objections than anything else..I do not attribute that to the wish of Maliky to gain popular support for the elections as the absolute majority of…
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2nd Licensing Round- The Results
Bidding Results Overview
The Day After
The long-awaited party is over and now the real work is about to start. This is when the winners start going over the nitty-gritty of the model contract to try and tie loose ends in a bid to pull the extra mile out of a service contract. But at the end of the day, a service contract is a service contract. There is only so much one can adjust and…
Who will be operating where in Iraq in 2010
Field Operator –Partners Rumaila BP – CNPC West Qurna-Phase 1 Exxon Mobil – Royal Dutch Shell West Qurna – Phase 2 Lukoil –…