1. Iraq Awards Mansuriya Gas Field To Sinopec

    ...%). Development was derailed by security concerns in 2014 as IS expanded in northern Iraq (MEES, 10 October 2014). Then, following IS’ ouster, disagreement on commercial terms with erstwhile operator TPAO pushed Baghdad to take over the field in 2018 (MEES, 3 August 2018). In October 2020, the ca...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 23 Apr 2021
  2. China Q1 Crude Imports: Iran Volumes Hiding In Plain Sight?

    ...me 840,000 b/d to discharge in April, potentially topping China’s highest ever ‘official’ Iran import figure of 798,000 b/d set in April 2014. Of the March volumes, Kpler recorded some 264,000 b/d as having arrived “relatively directly from Iran,” albeit after ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf re...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 23 Apr 2021
  3. Iraq’s Central Bank Reserves Rebound To Top $60bn

    ...rrowed, with $13bn through domestic loans, while in November the total was $12bn for a total of $30bn. This allowed Baghdad to limit its reserves drawdown during the course of 2020 to around $10bn. This is broadly similar to the annual drawdowns seen for 2014-2016 when Iraq was grappling with both an oi...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 23 Apr 2021