«Gazprom is oil» participates in tenders on six oil and two gas deposits in Iraq, the leader of the Near-Eastern projects of company Alexander Kolomackiy reported today. According to him, a company participates in a competition jointly with partners, to name which he renounced. As Kolomackiy marked, large world companies which in pre-war time already planned to develop them apply on the same deposits. It is expected that
tenders will be summed up in the third quarter of 2009, Itar-tass.Kolomackiy passes also offered to the government of Iraq to select the row of deposits for the Russian companies, where they would be able to work in the test mode for demonstration of the possibilities.
«Direct negotiations are possible with authorities of Iraq, participation of both the separate Russian companies and their consortium», – he said.In same queue, zamministra of oil of Iraq A.Shemaa declared that authorities of country are ready to hear out the remarks of Russian neftyanikov.On mastering
bowels of the earth of Iraq the all more Russian companies apply: after «Lukoylom» and «Gazprom by oil» to the competitions sufferet «Rosneft’» and «Tatneft’».napomnim, that Ministry of oil industry of Iraq published the results of qualifying selection of companies
for participating in the second round of competition on using the bowels of the earth. From 38 companies were selected nine, among them «Tatneft’» and «Rosneft’».o future tender, which preliminary qualification, Baghdad, was conducted for declared in December, 2008 Results of competition
it was planned to bring at the end of this year, playing off licenses to 11 neftegazovykh deposits, the largest from which — Medzhnun and second phase of Western Kurny. From data Dow Jones, resources each of these two deposits estimated in more than 12 milliards barr. oil
equivalent. Oilminister of Iraq Khusseyn al’-shakhristani declared that the second round of tender foresaw working mine, which will allow in a few nearest years to increase the booty of oil in a country almost on 2,5 millions barr. in
the round of licensing must be completed this year, but his results, probably, will be known in 2010 At the beginning of February of predkvalifikaciyu on participating in the first round of section of bowels of the earth of Iraq passed «Lukoyl» and «Gazprom is oil». They will be able to apply on six oil
deposits, including Kirkuk and Western will Smoke — 1, and also two gas deposits. «Lukoyl» already a long ago applies on Western will Smoke — 2, which got in the second round. For development of this deposit a company contracted with Iraquis yet at Saddame
Khuseyne and upon termination of war began to labour for his confession new authorities.But until now remains unknown, that exactly will offer to the winners of competitions: service contracts or agreement about the section of products.In spite of sticky military-political wicket,
the booty of oil grows in Iraq: now it on 10% higher, than at the beginning of 2008, and on 25% — what by a year before.
