West Qurna Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Exxon
- Country: Iraq
- Location
- Production start:
- Partners:
- West Qurna I: Exxon - 60%, Oil Exploration Company of Iraq - 25%, Shell - 15%
- West Qurna II: Lukoil
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- One of the world's largest oil fields
- The redevelopment is split into two separate projects, West Qurna I & II
+++ Contractors
- **Halliburton:**
- **WorleyParsons:** Project management, technical and construction supervision personnel to support the West Qurna-2 engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities
- **Kentz:** Front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed design engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning and start-up of the processing facility
+++ History
- 2009 - The field was offered in the first licencing round but the one bidding consortium did not meet the payment terms
- 2011 - Production increased to 285,000 barrels per day, beating targets
- 2011 - Exxonmobil Awards Drilling Contract To Halliburton
- 2012 -
- 2013 - Peak production target for Phase II reduced to 1.2 Million bpd
- 2014 - West Qurna-1 M/T130 project launched
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Sicim Pipeline References
- First Iraqi Petroleum Licensing Round
- Iraq’s West Qurna I Field Reaches Oil Production Milestone
- Exxonmobil Awards Drilling Contract To Halliburton For West Qurna (Phase I) Oil Field In Southern Iraq
- Iraq natural gas joint venture gets final approval
- West Qurna 2 exit process completed
- Contract for LukOil in Iraq
- MoO Sign with Lukoil on The first Amendment for West Qurna Contract
- Kick-off meeting on West Qurna-1 M/T130 project held
- SNC-Lavalin Group Member, Kentz Corporation Awarded Contract for Oil Processing Facility at ExxonMobil’s West Qurna 1 Field in Iraq