News and Interviews on Iraqi Oil
Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaybi gives the latest on the draft Oil & Gas Law (OGL) and the state of the dispute with Exxon Mobil over its signed contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in an interview with Iraq Oil Forum editor Ruba Husari in Baghdad. (للنص العربي اضغط هنا) Q: You were expected to meet with the KRG’s Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami to agree a…
Things are happening at Nassiriya oil field in southern Iraq. The field, which accounts for some 4.3 billion barrels of oil reserves, has become the latest oil field to start production in recent days, albeit at a moderate pilot rate of 20,000 b/d. Nassiriya was discovered by Iraq National Oil Co (INOC) in 1975 and remained undeveloped for more than three decades after the drilling of the first exploration well…
10 September 2008 Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has confirmed the former director-general of South Oil Co. (SOC), Jabbar al-Luaibi, as an advisor with the authority to oversee oil projects in southern Iraq, according to a ministerial order issued last week, a copy of which was obtained by International Oil Daily. Al-Luaibi was removed from his post in May and appointed special adviser in what analysts suspected was a power…
27 May 2008 Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has named the director-general of South Oil Co. (SOC), Jabbar al-Luaibi, as a special adviser. Al-Luaibi’s deputy at SOC, Kifah Numan, will take over as the new director-general in the coming days, an Iraqi oil source in Baghdad told International Oil Daily Friday. It is not clear why al-Shahristani moved al-Luaibi, but analysts said it could be because of a power struggle…