Friday, December 11, 2009

Hussain al-Shahristani: we aspire to reach Iraq's production capacity of 10 million barrels of oil a day

Hussain al-Shahristani: we aspire to reach Iraq's production capacity of 10 million barrels of oil a day

Conscious / Baghdad / Ahmad Jaafar

11/12/2009 5:02 pm

The day started the second round of licensing oil and gas contracts in Baghdad and the second the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, a number of other ministers.

CNPC And saw which was attended by reporter (news agency, Iraqi Information / conscious) a transparent competition between companies that specialize in this area oil fields (crazy in Basra and Amarah and in Hlvaip Alkhcm Red Alekiarp in Diyala and Mosul), and made both Shell - Petronas and CNPC

To compete on Majnoon field, which he described oil minister that he was worth carrying the name as a field rich in crude oil and is the earliest level in 1000 on the surface of the earth and beyond the level is 4000 meters above the ground, as one of the best quality crude oil in the world, and it contains eleven wells can be increased Malaihtwe any oil field in the world have Vazeitlav Shell - Petronas. (CNPC Where provided (CNPC )

Investment of work in this field after receiving 83 points and cost ($ 1.75) per barrel and a production capacity of 1,405,000 per day. While

While Petronas, Shell provided the cost of ($ 1.39) per barrel and a production capacity of 1,800,000 barrels per day.

ONC The field Hlvaip was the second field, which has seen him compete by four companies, namely, (a consortium of ENI and Chat Norwegian Oil Company, Facebook and Russian Oil Company ONC CNPC Hindi and coalition company CNPC CNPC Total and Petronas) has won an investment business of this field is a coalition companies CNPC

Total and Petronas cost ($ 1.40) per barrel and production capacity amounted to 535,000 barrels per day.

The field was red Alkhcm sterile field, which did not make him any company developed Aoualemnavsp while accompanied by field Alekiarp in Mosul, where he received his investment company with a single (Serincol) U.S. and made cost ($ 12.50) per barrel and a production capacity of 120,000 barrels per day But the ceiling is a barrel ($ 5) dollars, which led to an apology from the company to accept the offer and the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

He said Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said the ministry aims To increase daily production capacity of Iraq to reach more than 10 million barrels After 6 years of many manufacturer Tanerackhes.

He said, adding that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Has no right to object to that because Iraq is one of the founders of the Organization.

It was first established in September 14, 1960 in Baghdad,

For his part, said Advisor to the Oil Minister for Information Assem Jihad said the companies that won Hlvaip fields and crazy about the merits of acquiring points

Which is calculated on the peak of oil production for the field and then a barrel, as well as the product has been selected more than 45 companies in accordance with international standards in the field of oil extraction.

Added that we have 45 companies eligible to invest in oil or oil fields, Iraq's remaining within the same round.