Iraqi Oil & Gas

 

Risks, Opportunities & Potential

 

 

Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 June 2005, Imperial College

180 Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London SW7, England

 

 

 

At this critical time, Target EC took a considerable initiative by inviting a group of outstanding Iraqi petroleum geoscientists and petroleum engineers working or have work-life experiences on northern, central, and southern Iraqi oil fields, to confer in London and share with us their remarkable experiences, technical studies, and answer our hitherto un-answered and difficult questions about various aspects of Iraq’s oil and gas industry.

 

This conference is the second international conference on the oil and gas resources of Iraq to be organised by Target ExplorationÅ to provide a neutral platform in the scientific atmosphere of the Imperial College for technical and managerial staff of Iraq and surrounding countries to:

 

Who should attend? Staff of national and international oil companies and other organizations operating, investing or planning to invest in the upstream oil and gas industry of Iraq (and other MENA countries) are the usual participants in Target Exploration conferences, including:

Exploration and Production Staff, Upstream Staff, New Ventures Staff, Energy Economists, Energy Planners, Political Analysts, Legal Staff, Financial Advisers, Environmental Staff of Iraqi and International Oil Companies. Also,

 Representatives of Service Companies, Governments, Energy Investors, Safety and Environmental Agencies.

 

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

 

Day One

 

 

Oral Presentations, Monday 27 June 2005

 

 

 

8.00 Registration

 

 

8.45-Chairmen Opening Remarks

 

 

A. IRAQI OIL INDUSTRY: PRESENT STATUS, FUTURE PLANS AND OPTIONS

 

9.00 (A1) RENTIRISM, TRANSPERANCY AND OIL OWNERSHIP.

 

Dr. Isam AL KHAFAJI, Director, Iraq Revenue Watch, Baghdad, Iraq.

 

 

 9.30 (A2) Iraq's Oil industry; an Update.

1- Security
2- Status of Major Tenders
3- Short Term Plan to boost up production
4- Medium Term plans
5- Prospects for Joint Operating Agreements

 

Dr. Thamir Uqaili, Business Development Manager, Baker Hughes, Baghdad, Iraq, (Former, Field’s Manager NOC, GM CPO, GM Planning of Min of Oil, DG of IDC “Iraq”, Area Reservoir Coordinator of Repsol SA in Madrid}

 

 

10.00 (A3) Iraq’s Oil Potential: Between the Possible and Likely.

·        INOC Birth, Performance & Recreation

·        Iraq Oil Reserves and Production in Context of Middle   East and World Oil Supply

·        Iraq Oil Policy: Between Aspiration and Reality

 

Tariq Shafiq, Petroleum Techno-Economic Consultant, Petrolog Ltd. London, UK, (Former Petroleum Executive Director and Vice Chairman Iraq National Oil Company).

 

 

10.30 (A4) The tragedy of Iraq’s oil, will it come to an end?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Muhammad Ali Zainy, Senior Energy Economist & Analyst, CGES, London, UK.

 

 

 

 

11.00-11.25 Morning Coffee

 

 

 

B. PETROLEUM HABITAT OF IRAQ (I): KIRKUK SUPER GIANT FIELD 

 

11.30 (B1) Kirkuk Field - Past, Present & Future Challenges

 

Dr. Mohammad Al Gailani, MD, GeoDesign Ltd. London, UK.

 

 

12.00 (B2) Sequence Stratigraphy of the Oligocene Reefal Reservoirs of Kirkuk Oilfield, Northern Iraq.

 

Prof. Basim Al-Qayim, Department of Geology, University of Sulaimania, Sulaimania, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

 

 

12.30 (B3) Kirkuk's Geologic Setting: Exploration Significance.

1. Objective of Paper

·        Impact on Exploration

·        Impact on Resource Assessment

2. Background

·        Dunnington's advanced understanding

·        The precursor-trap hypothesis

3. List of extraordinary attributes

·        Large structure

·        Active seep (gas)

·        Crest of reservoir within 1000 ft of being breached

·        Young structure

·        Oil field not gas field

4. Interpretations

·        Kirkuk is a kind of geologic freak

·        Requires late migration and generation

·        Multiple source rock horizons

·        Dunnington precursor-structure is still possible by not required

·        Multi trap fill spill into Kirkuk.

5. Consequences

·        Is it likely to find another Kirkuk?

·        Kirkuk's oil may mask future gas character of region

·        Prospects on Kirkuk spill fill path can be spill full

 

Dr. Walter H. Pierce and Dr. Everett Rutherford, Calik Energy Sanayi ve Ticaret A S., Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

 

 

13.00-14.00 Lunch and Poster Presentations, Monday 27 June 05

 

 

C. RISKS VERSUS REWARS OF E&P OPERATIONS IN IRAQ  

 

14.00 (C1) Essential Approaches to Sustain Security and Stability of the E&P Industry of Iraq.

1. Oil & Gas Resources

2. Political Background

3. Oil Companies

4. Factors Severely Affecting the Iraqi Oil & Gas Industry

5.   Systematic Ethnic Cleansing

6.   Witnesses of Deportation

7.   Approaches to Re-establishing Free and Secure Iraq

      A. Internal

      B. International

8.  Special Considerations

9.   Solutions to Bring Peace & Security to E&P in Iraq

 

9.  Future E&P Trends 2005-2020

10. Security, Safety and Technical infrastructure

11. Conclusions

12. References

 

 

Hama Jaza Kader, MD, Babagurgur NRS,

 (Former Manager of Drilling Department of Iraq National Oil Company).

 

 

14.30 (C2) Free and Democratic Iraq: Is It a Prerequisite for Prosperous Iraqi Oil Industry?

 

Sabah AL MUKHTAR, Oil Ventures Lawyer, London, UK. (Former Iraq National Oil Company Lawyer).

 

 

 

 

15.00-15.25 Afternoon Tea 

 

 

D. UPSTREAM OPPORTUNITIES (I)

 

15.30 (D1) Drilling Activities and Prospects in the Southern Fields of Iraq.

1- Introduction
1- The rise of IDC post April 03
2- Preparation and reconstructions of rigs

3- Repairing Facilities

4- Resume WO and drilling
2- Prevailing security conditions in the field
3- Drilling problems and challenges
4- WO and Drilling achieved sine change of regime
6- Short and Medium term drilling/ WO plans
5- IDC requirements:

6. Summary

 

Naser Mohsin Mohan, Manager Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC)), Basra Branch, Basra, Iraq.

 

 

 

16.00 (D2) Kirkuk Oilfield’s Reconstruction Activities and Business Opportunities.

·        Field background

·         General Area Geology

·         Oilfields around Kirkuk Oilfield

·         Production History until March/April 2003 and then after
 Destruction due to: Military Operation, Looting and Sabotage

·         RIO: Reconstruction Iraqi Oil Industry (Kirkuk)

·         July 2003 Reconstruction Plan

·         Execution July 2003 RIO Plan

·         Factors effecting present Production and Export Activities

·         New Production Maintenance Plan

·         Security Challenges, Administration Problems

·         Oil and Gas Opportunities

·         Conclusions

Hama Jaza Kader, MD, Babagurgur NRS,

 (Former Manager of Drilling Department of Iraq National Oil Company).

 

 

16.30 –17.00 END OF FIRST DAY DISCUSSIONS AND CHAIRMEN REMARKS.

 

 

 

All participants and their spouses are invited to the conference dinner

 

The Time & Date: (8.00-10.30 PM) Monday 27 of June 2005. The Place: TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Two

 

 

Oral Presentations, Tuesday 28 June 2005

 

 

 

8.00 Registration

 

 

8.45 Chairmen Opening Remarks

 

 

E. PETROLEUM HABITAT OF IRAQ (II): STRUCTURAL STYLES AND EXPLORATION PLAYS

 

9.00 (E1) Iraq Hydrocarbon Habitat

1. Iraq setting in Arabian Basin and Arabian Plate

2. Iraq Topography

3. Field Distribution

4. Cross Sections and Stratigraphic Column

5. Iraq Production

6. Exploration History

7. Undiscovered Prognoses

8. Mapping

·        Isopach Mapping

·        Post Oligocene Uplift

·        Cross sections

9. Basin Modeling

·        Gas Trend

·        Source Rock

·        Oil types

·        API Sulfur ratios

·        Geochemistry

10. Reservoirs

11. Seals

12. Hydrocarbon Distribution by Age

13. Example fields

14. Play Description

·        Zubair

·        Mishrif

·        Upper Cretaceous

·        Oligocene and Ghar

15. Age of Reservoirs Summary

16. Conclusions

 

Dr. Walter H. Pierce and Dr. Everett Rutherford Jr., Calik Energy Sanayi ve Ticaret A S., Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

 

 

10.00 (E2) Structural Styles and the Nature of Hydrocarbon Entrapment in Iraq.

 

Dr. Mohammad Al-Gailani, MD, GeoDesign Limited, London, UK.

 

 

10.30 (E3) Petroleum Exploration Plays and Trends in Iraq.

 

Dr. Munim Al Rawi, Carta Design, Dublin, Ireland.

 

 

11.00-11.25 Morning Coffee

 

 

F. PETROLEUM HABITAT OF IRAQ (III): GEOLOGY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC OF GIANT AND SUPER GIANT OILFIELDS OF IRAQ

 

11.30 (F1) Super Giant Fields of North Iraq: Kirkuk Super Giant Oilfield

 

Adnan I. Al-Samarraie, Consultant Petroleum Geologist (Former Deputy Head of Geology Department Iraqi North Oil Co. and later Oil Exploration Company), and Dr. Tarik Al-Irhayim, Consultant Petroleum Engineer (Former Fields Manager of Iraq’s North Oil Company).

 

12.00 (F2) Chia Surkh: The First Centurion Middle East Oil Discovery.

 

Dr. Munim AL RAWI, GM, Carta Design, Dublin, Ireland.

 

 

12.30 (F3) Geology, Evolution and Hydrocarbon Potential of a Zagroside Flysch Basin in the NE Afro-Arabian Plate Margin.