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Iraq initials deal to develop southern oil field
The Associated Press , Iraq | Tue, 12/22/2009 7:26 PM | World
An Iraqi oil official says a preliminary deal has been inked with a consortium led by China's CNPC to develop a promising oil field in southern Iraq.
Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad says CNPC and partners Malaysia's Petronas and France's Total initialed the deal Tuesday during a signing ceremony in Baghdad.
The deal calls for the consortium to develop the 4.1 billion barrel Halfaya field for $1.40 per barrel produced. Jihad says the consortium plans to raise production from the current 3,100 barrels per day to 535,000 barrels per day over 13 years.
The 20-year deal still needs to be approved by Iraq's Cabinet.
The new deal increases CNPC's presence in Iraq. It already has two other deals to develop oil fields in Iraq.
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Ariff (not verified), Setiawangsa — Wed, 12/23/2009 - 10:19am
According to news reports in Forbes and the Financial Times Petronas in partnership with different oil companies succeeded in four of it's five bids. A consortium of Shell (60%) and Petronas (40%) will develop a large field in southern Iraq with production to top 1.8 million bpd. Petronas will also be the operator in a smaller field with Japex. Did Pertamina, which has a longer experience in oil production, participate in the auction? Seeing that Indonesia has become a net oil importer, it is expected it would seek external sources of supply through such joint operations.