Cieran subastas petroleras; dieron visto bueno a sólo un(1) trato; otras siete (7) ofertas a consideración

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Iraq closes oil and gas field auction - official


Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:38am EDT

BAGHDAD, June 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's Oil Ministry on Tuesday ended its first auction of major oil and gas field contracts since the U.S. invasion after sealing just one deal, with a BP-led group for its biggest field, Rumaila, an official said.

The ministry received seven revised bids from oil companies and sent them to the cabinet for consideration without making them public, an official close to the process said.
The auction of deals in six oilfields and two gas fields revealed a deep gulf between the money that Baghdad, desperate for cash to rebuild after six years of war, was willing to pay, and the fees that international oil firms wanted.


(Reporting by Missy Ryan; Editing by Michael Christie)

BAGDAD, 30 de junio (Reuters) - El Ministerio de Petróleo de Iraq el martes que terminó su primera subasta de los grandes de petróleo y gas desde el campo de los contratos de los EE.UU. después de la invasión de sellado un solo frente, con un grupo dirigido por BP para su mayor campo de Rumaila, dijo un funcionario .

El ministerio recibió siete ofertas revisadas de las compañías petroleras y los envió al Consejo de Ministros para su consideración sin hacerlas públicas, un funcionario cercano al proceso dijo.
La subasta de ofertas en seis campos petroleros y dos campos de gas de manifiesto una profunda brecha entre el dinero que Bagdad, desesperados por dinero en efectivo para reconstruir después de seis años de guerra, estaba dispuesto a pagar, y las tasas que las empresas petroleras internacionales querían.

Iraq said on Monday it has failed to sign technical support agreements with global oil majors which were aimed at helping boost the war-torn country's oil production.
Iraq is negotiating with Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron and Total, and a consortium of other smaller oil companies, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said at press briefing.
"We did not finalise any agreement with them because they refused to offer consultancy based on fees, as they wanted a share of the oil," he said.
"The TSAs (technical support agreements) are only simple consultancy contracts to help us raise the production during the interim period" before the ministry enters into long-term contracts to develop the oil and gas fields.
Last week, oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad told AFP that it would sign the support contracts on Monday and award longer term deals to 41 other energy companies.
Iraq wants to ramp up output by 500,000 barrels per day from the current average production of 2.5 million bpd, about equal to the amount being pumped before the US-led invasion in March 2003.
Exports of 2.11 million bpd currently form the bulk of the war-torn nation's revenues, and the oil ministry is keen to raise capacity over the next five years to 4.5 million bpd.
Iraq's crude reserves are estimated at about 115 billion barrels, but it is sorely lacking in infrastructure and the latest technology to which it was denied access under years of international sanctions after the 1991 Gulf War.


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