Iraq Plans to Increase Oil Production to Over 5 Mln bpd

An oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq (File Photo: Reuters)
An oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq (File Photo: Reuters)
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Iraq Plans to Increase Oil Production to Over 5 Mln bpd

An oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq (File Photo: Reuters)
An oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq (File Photo: Reuters)

The Iraqi Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee announced that the government had made plans to increase oil production to more than 5 million barrels per day (bpd).
Member of the committee, MP Zeinab Juma al-Mousawi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that they support the government's directions to increase oil and gas reserves and national production of crude oil and gas.
Mousawi noted that the committee also backs processing the gas associated with oil operations and converting it into wealth and productive energy that covers the local need, especially electric power plants, the petrochemical industry, fertilizers, and others.
It called upon foreign companies to export the surplus to world markets to achieve financial revenues that supply the state treasury to support the national economy and sustainable development and provide new job opportunities.
Mousawi reiterated the need to pay attention to the fields managed by national companies to create competition with international companies and increase the net profits of national companies.

She pointed out that Iraqi oil is one of the most imported oils to countries such as India, China, and South Korea, with 54 percent of the Iraqi oil since the beginning of the year.
The lawmaker indicated that Iraq achieves billions of dollars from oil sales, contributing to the country's general budget in investment and operational fields.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi oil minister announced that crude oil exports averaged 3.3 million bpd in May.
The ministry said Iraq's May oil revenue was $7.3 billion, with an average price per barrel of $71.30.
Notably, Iraq's exports from the country's northern fields in Kurdistan and Kirkuk via Türkiye’s Ceyhan have been suspended for about four months.
Baghdad has won an international arbitration case to halt oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, limiting Iraq's oil exports to the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO).
Iraq's oil exports to the United States amounted to about 7.5 million barrels in June.
On Sunday, Shafaq News reported that Iraq exported 7.5 million barrels of crude oil to the US during June, with an average of 250,000 bpd.
The figure marked an increase compared to May, during which Iraqi oil exports to the US amounted to 6.634 million barrels, averaging 214,000 bpd.
According to the agency, Iraq exported crude oil to the US during the first week of last month at an average of 430,000 barrels per day, while it exported an average of 252,000 in the second week and an average of 102,000 barrels per day in the third week. The standard of exports for the fourth week was 1,000 barrels per day.

 



Aramco, Gulf Cryo Cooperate in Testing Lower-carbon Hydrogen

The initiative will facilitate testing Aramco’s newly-developed technologies at pilot and pre-commercial scale. Photo: Aramco
The initiative will facilitate testing Aramco’s newly-developed technologies at pilot and pre-commercial scale. Photo: Aramco
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Aramco, Gulf Cryo Cooperate in Testing Lower-carbon Hydrogen

The initiative will facilitate testing Aramco’s newly-developed technologies at pilot and pre-commercial scale. Photo: Aramco
The initiative will facilitate testing Aramco’s newly-developed technologies at pilot and pre-commercial scale. Photo: Aramco

Saudi Aramco has signed an agreement with Gulf Cryo, a regional leader of end-to-end industrial gases and decarbonization solutions in the MENAT region, to conduct testing of lower-carbon hydrogen and carbon capture & utilization technologies under Saudi Arabian climate conditions enabling future commercial deployment.

The agreement underscores Aramco’s desire to develop a lower carbon emission future through investing in research and technology development, to support business growth and meet global energy demand while reducing scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions to net-zero by 2050 from its wholly own operated assets.

The initiative will facilitate testing Aramco’s newly-developed technologies at pilot and pre-commercial scale. The testing and assessment will be conducted at Gulf Cryo's newly established Applications and Technologies Center (ATC) at King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), a press statement said Thursday.

Aramco’s senior vice president of Technology Oversight and Coordination (TOC), Ali A. Al-Meshari, said: “This collaboration is important in advancing our early stage technologies to the next phase of development, which will help create local ecosystem for accelerating technology deployment leveraging in-kingdom talent and infrastructure.”

As for Gulf Cryo Vice Chairman, Eng. Abdel Salam Al Mazro, he said that “the project will leverage the capabilities of our Center to deliver groundbreaking lower-carbon hydrogen and decarbonization solutions, tailored to the unique needs of Aramco.”

In addition to driving technological advancements in decarbonization, this collaboration supports Saudi Arabia’s strategy to enhance localization and build local capabilities. The facility is planned to be ready for commissioning by the end of 2025, the statement added.