REGIONAL

Iraq makes new plans to develop

Mansuriya gas field
Aug 01, 2018 ! 2 min read

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Iraq’s oil ministry said it is planning to develop the gas field of Mansuriya through local
companies after international oil and gas companies delayed and failed to carry out a
development licence.

Oil Minister Jabbar Al Luaibi has instructed national companies to set up an urgent development
of the field in the Diyala province, an oil ministry statement said.

"The ministry will not hesitate to refer the contracts that are lax by foreign companies to national
companies that have the experience and the ability to perform similar work at a lower cost,” he
said.

Iraq, in 2011, contracted a consortium led by Turkish government-owned TPAO and including
South Korea’s Kogas and the Kuwait Energy Company to develop the field in the Diyala province.
Late in 2017, Luaibi asked TPAO to resume work after it halted operations in 2014 due to security
concerns.

The production target is set at 100 million standard cubic feet per day within a year, the ministry
said, adding that the gas produced from the field will be used largely to fuel the Mansuriya gas
station to generate electricity.

Energy shortage in Iraq, which experiences some of the hottest summer days in the region,
helped spark protest in the south of the country by locals demanded jobs and speaking out over
poor government services.

Additionally, the oil minister also directed Iraq’s Dhi Qar Oil Co. and Iraq Drilling Co to develop the
Nassiriya oilfield in the south of the country, a separate statement said.

The ministry of oil has budgeted US$140 million to raise production from Nassiriya, which has
more than 4 billion barrels in reserves, from the current 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 200,000
bpd in a year’s time by drilling 20 new wells, the minister added.

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