Share Price29 Dec 2019 12:12
Also on Iraqi Ministry of Oil website, posted 21/12/2019. Note the reference to the WESTERN DESERT region!
Oil Minister: Expectations to add new quantities to the volume of oil and gas reserves.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil expected to add new quantities of hydrocarbon wealth (oil, gas) to Iraq’s stock and reserves during the coming period.
This came during his presidency of a specialized technical meeting for the team assigned to the Petroleum Exploration Company and the Department of Reserves and Field Development at the Ministry’s center to prepare studies and technical surveys for new sites throughout the country, with the aim of updating information related to the size of the oil reserves and reserves, as well as identifying new sites in order to develop appropriate plans for exploration, development and optimal investment for it.
The Minister of Oil, Thamer Abbas Al-Ghadban, said that the technical studies and geological research prepared by the specialized team have indicated the presence of large areas in the WESTERN region, as well as the central and southern governorates of Iraq that include hydrocarbon compositions and promising opportunities for investment contribute to adding new large quantities to the volume of oil reserves and then to the reserves of hydrocarbon wealth (oil and gas) and new promising areas will enter the traditional production system, which requires us to update the figures related to the size of the stock and oil reserves.
The Ministry will announce this after completing the preparation and collection of information related to this matter, and this is what makes Iraq occupy an advanced position in the world rankings.
For his part, ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil and through his interest in sector oil exploration and its importance in maximizing inventory of oil and gaseous, which is estimated at more than 500 billion barrels and reserves of over 143 billion barrels, had instructed earlier to form a committee Specialized technical works to update the information related to oil and gas wealth in order to develop appropriate future plans. The studies of the assigned team have yielded fruitful results that represent a new addition in defining solid technical paths and a road map towards the optimal investment of the country's wealth.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil instructed that the efforts of the working group and the general manager of the Petroleum Exploration Company be valued.
The meeting was attended by the undersecretaries of the Ministry, a number of general managers, experts, and the team assigned from the Petroleum Exploration Company and the Reservoir and Field Development Department at the Ministry's center and the Director of the Information Office