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Iraq launches tomorrow, the fourth round of oil and gas licenses to 12 locations
TUESDAY, MAY 29 / MAY 2012 19:04
Twilight News / The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, Tuesday, announced the launch of the fourth round of licenses to oil and gas on Wednesday to include 12 locations.
And excluded the Iraq Exxon Mobil, the giant U.S. oil licensing round on the back of this agreement signed in October 18 last with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to invest oil fields, which was rejected by Baghdad and promised him without legal status.
He said ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said in a statement " Twilight News "that" exploratory round of patches, not oil or gas fields. "
The trip includes seven new patches for gas exploration and five patches of oil is distributed in Basra, Najaf and Babil, Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Nineveh, Diyala and Anbar.
Jihad said that "put the fourth licensing round comes on the back of the successes of the last three rounds, which influenced positively in raising the level of Iraq's oil reserves, as well as increased production."
And located the patch first exploratory in Nineveh and covers an area of up to 7300 km 2 prospects Alhaedrokurbinah (gas), while co-Anbar and Nineveh in the area the second and share and extend the area of 8000 km 2 possibilities itself the area the third is located in Anbar Vamtdt an area of 7000 km 2.
The fourth area is located within the confines of Anbar, an area stretching 7000 km 2, and the fifth area is located in Anbar and extends an area of 8000 km 2 area and the sixth and extends between Najaf and Anbar, an area of 9000 km 2.
Area and operates seven areas of the governorates of Diwaniya, Babil, Najaf, Muthanna, an area of 6000 km 2, the area stretching between the eighth and the provinces of Diyala, Wasit, an area of 6000 km 2, and the ninth area is located in the Basra area of 900 km prospects of hydrocarbon (oil).
The area is located within the ten provinces of Muthanna, Dhi Qar, an area of 5500 km and the prospects for oil patch eleventh and located within the boundaries of Najaf and Muthanna area of 8000 km 2, and the last area is located in Najaf, Muthanna and extends an area of 8000 km 2.
Jihad said that "companies that will participate in the round of competition is the fourth international oil companies have been rehabilitated in accordance with the most accurate technical standards adopted in the oil and gas industry," noting that "The ministry will enter into service contracts with companies that will win this tour like tours licenses of the three conducted by the Ministry in earlier times ".
The biggest number of companies eligible to participate in the fourth round of Japan has been the rehabilitation of nine companies Japanese, followed by Russia with five companies, in addition to China in four companies, three British companies with merely both America and Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea and the UAE abomination.
The share of other countries are India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Norway, Romania, Angola, France, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Switzerland, Croatia, Kuwait and the UAE one company per country.
The Oil Ministry announced last March that Iraq's production daily is the highest since 1979, where over three million barrels, while the rates of oil exports in April were the highest since 1989.
Iraq hopes to add the fourth round of oil and gas reserves, noting that oil reserves are currently estimated at 143 billion barrels.
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