Iraq will rely on a newly formed state oil company to develop the Nassiriya oil field, leaving only the nearby refinery project for investors, ending more than six years of pitching the two as a combined mega-project, according to Iraq Oil Report.
Most recently, Iraq had been in direct negotiations with PetroChina and the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) to build a 150,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery and develop the 4.4 billion barrel Nassiriya oil field – the two components of the Nassiriya Integrated Project.
The international engineering and construction firm Foster Wheeler completed a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study for the refinery.
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(Source: Iraq Oil Report)