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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.
Lukoil is the second largest company in Russia after Gazprom, and the country's largest non-state enterprise in terms of revenue, with ₽4,744 billion in 2018. [5] [6] In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Lukoil was ranked as the 99th-largest public company in the world. Internationally, it is one of the largest global producers of crude oil.
Iraq was the world's 5th largest oil producer in 2009, and has the world's fifth largest proven petroleum reserves. Just a fraction of Iraq's known fields are in development, and Iraq may be one of the few places left where vast reserves, proven and unknown, have barely been exploited.
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 ]
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.
Energy in Iraq plays a crucial role in both the national economy and the global energy markets due to the country's vast oil reserves and significant status within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). [2] Iraq holds abundant oil and gas resources and has strong solar PV potential. Its production to 2030 is set to be the ...
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.