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TotalEnergies, Iraq see further delays to $27 bln energy deal

rench oil major TotalEnergies and Iraq are taking further time to hammer out key sticking points in a long-delayed $27 billion energy deal which Baghdad hopes will revive foreign investment in the country.

read more... 03/02/2023

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Germany in talks with Iraq over possible gas imports

Germany is in talks with Iraq over the possibility of importing natural gas from the oil-rich country, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, as Berlin scrambles to diversify its energy sources to replace a drop in Russian fossil fuel shipments.

read more... 17/01/2023

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Daily (19.09.2022): EUA prices sharply increased, breaking a three-week losing run

A leak at an Iraqi terminal in Basra appeared to be limiting the flows of oil, which led to a slight increase in oil prices on Friday. Prices, however, declined on a weekly basis due to worries that major interest rate hikes will impede the growth of the world economy and the need for fuel. Thus, Brent crude settled 0.6% higher at $91.35 a barrel. At the same time, WTI crude was flat at $85.11.

read more... 19/09/2022

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Iraq signs $27bn energy deal with TotalEnergies

France's TotalEnergies today signed a $27bn agreement with the Iraqi government to invest in four troubled energy projects that the country has struggled to implement for several years.

read more... 06/09/2021

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Lukoil and BP eye Iraq upstream exit

Ismael said in a video posted to the oil ministry's Facebook page late yesterday that Lukoil has sent him a notification to sell its stake in the 13 bn bl West Qurna 2 field and that BP wanted to pull out of Rumaila, Iraq's single biggest producing field with a capacity of nearly 1.5mn b/d.

read more... 05/07/2021

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