6 May 2003 The new chief executive of the Iraqi oil sector, Thamer al-Ghadban, issued instructions to his staff Sunday to draw up an accelerated plan setting oil production targets for an interim period of several months. In an interview with International Oil Daily, the first since the Saturday announcement of his appointment by the US-led Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) as chief executive of the interim management…
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US Asserts Authority at Iraqi Oil Ministry
30 April 2003 A senior US official from the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) made a first visit to the Iraqi oil ministry in Baghdad on Tuesday, delivering instructions from ORHA chief Jay Garner that the status quo be preserved at the ministry for the time being. In the first meeting since the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime and the occupation of Iraq by US forces, ORHA senior…
Iraqi Officials Take Initiative Restarting Oil
23 April 2003 The first Iraqi oil production since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime is set to restart next week from the northern Kirkuk complex, but would be limited to supplying the domestic market in terms of crude for refineries and natural gas for power stations, according to a senior Iraqi official. The plans show Iraqi officials taking the initiative on this and other aspects of the war-damaged oil…
Drilling Dilemma
Oil production in Iraqi oil fields in the south of the country is falling by an average of 7% per year. The problem: a high water cut that is forcing South Oil Co. (SOC) engineers to shut down wells one after the other. But as they lose the old wells in West Qurna, Rumaila, Zubair, Majnoon and Nahr Bin Umar, the drilling of new ones to replace them is not…