IRAQ

 

Baghdad Looks To Expand Kirkuk Field

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil is reconsidering plans to rehabilitate its 270,000 b/d Kirkuk field, MEES learns. Baghdad had intended to negotiate a development plan for Kirkuk, the mainstay of Iraqi northern production with major engineering firms. Then, early this year North Oil Company (NOC) began exploratory talks with BP over a plan to first halt declines and then add another 300,000 b/d of capacity. Now Iraq is planning a mini-bidding...