Iraq’s fifth bid round launched last year has fallen victim to national electioneering. After missing the first deadline in the timeline announced end of November to conduct a roadshow for the tendered exploration blocks by early February, technocrats at Iraq’s oil ministry received sudden instructions to cut through the usual process and prepare to award exploration and development contracts by April 15. Just like the Iraq National Oil Co (INOC)…
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Bid Round Four Results
Block 1 Bidders & Bids: None Ministry’s maximum acceptable Remuneration fee: – Location: The block lies within the northwestern part of Iraq, about 100 km west of Mosul by the Syria-Iraq border and covers an area of around 7,300 km2. Geology: Located in Rutba-Jezira tectonic zone, large structures remain undrilled. Two wells have been drilled in the north and the south of the block. Oil was tested from the Miocene and…
Bid Round 4- Factbox
Bid Round Four Results – Table Prequalified Companies-Final Bid Round Four Calendar of Events-Final Bid Round Four Contract Areas-Table: Signature Bonus & Minimum Work Obligation Bid Round Four-The Process Calendar of Bidding May 30-31 BR4 Map Contract Areas
To Bid or Not To Bid
The first day of Iraq’s oil ministry’s fourth bid round confirmed what many people, including those who worked on the model technical service contract, had expected: conducting exploration and development on the terms offered under these contracts is going to be a hard sale. Kuwait Energy with its partners, Turkey’s TPAO and UAE’s Dragon Oil, was willing to play by what’s on the table to secure Block 9 because it…