BAGHDAD — Iraq has granted approval to 35 companies to bid on energy
tenders.
The Iraqi Oil Ministry has accepted 35 out of 120 companies that applied
to bid on crude oil and natural gas contracts. Officials said the
prequalification process was meant for future energy tenders.
"Up to now, 35 companies have been qualified out of 120 companies that
presented their documentation to the oil ministry," Iraqi government
spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh said on April 13.
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Officials identified some of the firms as ExxonMobil, BP, Royal Dutch
Shell, Total, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Gazprom, LukOil, Inpex, Mitsubishi
and Sinochem.
The government has warned that any firm that operates without
permission in the autonomous northern zone of Kurdistan would not be
permitted to bid for tenders issued by Baghdad.
