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    Iraq expects Total to begin $27 billion energy project in second half of 2023

    May 13, 2023
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    Basra — Iraq expects TotalEnergies to begin operations on a long-delayed $27 billion oil, gas and renewables project in the second half of 2023 after finalising side-contracts with a state oil company, an Iraqi deputy oil minister said on Friday.

    Basim Mohammed, Iraqi deputy oil minister for upstream affairs, said TotalEnergies and the Basra Oil Company “are now in the process of finalising some contractual procedures and documents necessary to activate the contract.”

    “Meetings continue with Total to avoid any delay and the contract will be activated in the second half of this year to start operations,” he said.

    The deal was signed in 2021 for TotalEnergies to build four oil, gas and renewables projects with an initial investment of $10 billion in southern Iraq over 25 years, but it was delayed amid disputes between Iraqi politicians over terms.

    Iraq said last month it had agreed to a smaller 30% stake in the project, reviving the deal that Baghdad hopes could lure foreign investment back into a country enjoying relative stability after years of conflict and tensions.

    QatarEnergy will also have a share in the project.

    Reporting by Aref Mohammed in Basra; Writing by Timour Azhari; Editing by Edmund Blair – Reuters

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