25 February 2000 Iraq has finally started negotiations on its first modified buyback agreements, offering contracts with an average term of 12-15 years to a number of Asian companies – including Malaysia’s Petronas, which is discussing a deal for the 200,000 b/d Ratawi field. Iraq believes buyback contracts may prove easier to implement than production-sharing contracts (PSCs) once United Nations sanctions prohibiting investment are lifted. “We want something we can…
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Big Fish
14 July 2000 Preparing for the day when UN sanctions are finally lifted, Iraq went touting its oil wares to an international audience in Paris last week. The audience – which included supergiants Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco, and Total Fina Elf, as well as a host of slightly smaller fry – also got to hear about some ambitious post-sanctions marketing plans, including moves to recapture more of the…