Restoring Oil Production Will Require Time and Investment, Iraq Said
The suspension of oil production due to the situation around Iran is damaging Iraq’s oil industry, and restoring previous production levels will require investment and time, RIA Novosti was told by Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, financial advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq. “Closing oil fields is not the same as …
SLB Partially Scales Back Operations in the Middle East Due to Escalation
The world’s largest oilfield services company SLB (formerly Schlumberger) has begun partially scaling back its operations and has also suspended transit shipments in the Middle East due to the escalation of the situation, according to the company’s press release. The United States and Israel on February 28 began carrying out …
Oil Production at Fields in Southern Iraq Fell by More Than Half
Oil production in Iraq’s main oil-producing region — the southern province of Basra — has decreased from 3.3 million barrels per day to 1.3 million barrels per day amid escalation in the region, the newspaper As-Sabah reported, citing data from the Iraqi state company Basra Oil Company. “Production has now …