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I raq
Project:
Institutional and technical assistance Country facts:
Official Name: Republic of Iraq
Memorandum of Understanding with: Ministry of Oil, Iraq
Capital: Baghdad
Goals and objectives: Institutional and technical governance assistance within
the upstream and downstream petroleum sectors. Chief of state:
President Jalal Talabani; Vice
Project period: September 2005-December 2007 Presidents Adil Abd Al-Mahdi and
Tariq al-Hashimi; The president
Total budget: NOK 27.5 mill and vice presidents comprise the
Presidency Council
In general, the parties of the MoU are quite satisfied as to the 2006 achievements. 15 operating companies,
among them:
During the period 8th May - 10th May technical meetings were arranged in North Oil Company
Stavanger regarding the sub projects of the programme. The 2nd Joint Steering South Oil Company
Committee (JSC) was arranged in Stavanger on the 11th May 2006. North Gas Company
South Gas Company
Technical meetings were also conducted on the 20th - 22nd November in Oil Exploration Company
preparation for the third JSC, which was arranged in Stavanger, November 23rd. Iraq Drilling Company
Oil Projects Co
The semi annual meetings with NORAD were arranged in Oslo on the 12th of May
and on the 24th of November. Other companies for refining,
transport and marketing
Data Management
At the technical meetings in May a revised plan for 2006
was agreed upon with the main aims:
• Joint working groups: 2 visits + 1 optional
• Clean up of legacy data for an Iraqi oil field
• Establishment of reporting guidelines for data
• Focus on DM strategy in Iraq
• Improvement of Schlumberger DM project
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Content: Joint working groups
• general introduction to Data Management Two joint work periods with Iraqi (3+3) participants
in NPD, Statoil and Hydro and Norwegian experts were arranged in NPD’s offices,
• management of national data centre Stavanger in May and June. The aim was briefly to
(Schlumberger – Sinas) assess the status and drive mechanisms of the 6 fields
• handling of seismic data and clean up of based on available data and simple working tools.
legacy data (Statoil) Modern work processes including multidisciplinary
• handling of well log data and clean up of open discussions on results and uncertainties were
legacy data (Hydro) incorporated. Preliminary results have been discussed
with MoO.
Data – Pilot Field Clean Up Planning for the third joint working group
Aims: Discussions on the IOR/EOR potential of the fields and
• To examine data types in detail, identify short and long term needs which started in the first
problems and propose solutions two groups will continue and be finalized during a
• Establish workflows for seismic and well third joint working period. This was first planned for
data and QC routines August, and then postponed several times. On
• Loading of pilot field data into OEC database 30. December MoO confirmed their participation
from Schlumberger office in Cairo with 10 participants in a workshop to be held
• Cost estimate for total clean up of pilot field data in Amman 14. – 18. January 2007.
• Set up guidelines for the handling of legacy
data from other fields in Iraq Additional work by the Norwegian group
Awaiting and preparing for the next joint work the
A significant amount of pilot field well data has now Norwegian group worked on further field assessments
been cleaned up by Hampton Data, for use in final QC and input to a preliminary draft report and informative
and preparation for data loading (see plans 2007). presentation material.
Work during the planned second joint working group, Reporting from Phase 1
delayed until early 2007, will define the cost of the total The report from the project’s Phase 1 will be finalized
data clean up. It is hoped that much of the planned shortly after the third joint working group has been
seismic data clean up can be done by Iraqis themselves arranged, early 2007. Recommendations for further
during secondments. work will be part of the report from Phase 1.
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Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
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Plans 2007 Phase 2
Management The phase 2 work will be defined when the Phase 1
The 4th JSC is planned for week 27 in July in Norway report is completed. It is possible that the work will
and the 5th JSC for November. An important matter for focus on development of some regulatory tools and
the 4th JSC will be whether Iraq Ministry of Oil will assistance in commercialization of IOR projects. NPD
like to propose a new phase of the cooperation will at this stage terminate the cooperation with
programme for 2008 onwards. Statoil and Hydro regarding the IOR work.
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Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
O i l f o r d e v e l op m e n t
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