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The Ministry of Oil (Arabic: وزارة النفط) is the cabinet-level ministry of the Iraqi government responsible for managing and developing the natural resources (oil and gas) in Iraq. The Minister of Oil since October 2022 is Hayyan Abdul Ghani.
In 2007, Lukoil established a joint-venture with Gazprom and in 2008, established a joint-venture as well with Italian oil company Erg S.p.A. [13] In 2009, Lukoil and Norwegian oil company Statoil won a tender offer for the development of the West Qurna Field in Iraq. However, in early 2012, Statoil withdrew from the project, resulting in ...
After seizing control of the Iraqi government, Qasim demanded better terms from IPC but decided against nationalization of Iraq's petroleum assets. [ 4 ] In 1961 Iraq passed Public Law 80 whereby Iraq expropriated 95% of IPC's concessions and the Iraq National Oil Company was created and empowered to develop the assets seized from IPC under Law 80.
Map of the Druzhba pipeline. The Lukoil oil transit dispute is an ongoing international relations dispute between Ukraine and the European Union at odds with Hungary and Slovakia regarding the allowance of the pipeline transfer of Russian oil through Ukrainian territory.
In November 2009, an ExxonMobil - Shell joint venture won a $50 billion contract to develop the 9-billion-barrels (1.4 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) West Qurna Phase I. [1] As per Iraqi Oil Ministry estimates, the project required a $25 billion investment and another $25 billion in operating fees creating approximately 100,000 jobs in the underdeveloped southern region.
The central government distributes remaining oil revenues throughout the nation on a per capita basis. [17] The draft law allows Iraq's provinces freedom from the central government in giving exploration and production contracts. [9] Iraq's constitution allows governorates to form a semi-independent regions, fully controlling their own natural ...
The Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) was founded in 1966 by the Iraqi government. [1] It was empowered to operate all aspects of the oil industry in Iraq except for refining which was already being run by the Oil Refineries Administration (1952) and local distribution which was also already under government control.
State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) (Arabic: شركة تسويق النفط) is an Iraqi national company responsible for marketing Iraq's oil. It is headquartered in Baghdad , Iraq. [ 1 ]