Oil trucking to Iran at crossroads as pipeline exports loom

Hundreds of tankers wait to cross into Iran in one of several lots near the Parwezkhan border crossing in Diyala province, Nov 6, 2013. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report) By Patrick Osgood, Rawaz Tahir and Ben Van Heuvelen of Iraq Oil Report Published Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 In a dirt lot filled with tanker trucks on the outskirts of Penjwin town, near the eastern border of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Ali shuffled his right foot restlessly and looked east toward Iran."It's taking 12 days to get through the Iranian border this time," he said. "This is my longest delay ever."Ali is among the thousands of tanker drivers in Iraq's Kurdistan region transporting crude oil into Iran, through the Bashmah and Parwezkhan border crossings, to the southwest Ir... If you google the Rubis Terminal, Page 20 http://www.rubis-terminal.com/sites/default/files/documents/rubis_terminal_gb.pdf You can see the size of their Tank capacity and confirmation that one of their services is "Blending in tanks" The 1st contract is for 30 tonnes but how much has already been trucked to port? Have a good one and best wishes STORAGE CAPACITY 650 000 m3, 30 tanks TANK SIZES 2000 to 32500 m3 DRAUGHT 12.25m, 19 m in 2014 NUMBER OF JETTIES 3 positions, 6 positions (2014 on a 2.3 km jetty) TURKEY USEFUL INFORMATION Address: Yesil Mevkii Dörtyol – Iskenderun GPS address: 36.852428,36.160823 www.deltarubis.com CONTACT Tél.: +90 212 311 44 00 Fax: +90 212 253 49 54 CONNECTIONS CERTIFICATIONS ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001 PRODUCTS STORED Petroleum products. PRESENTATION: Delta Rubis is a joint-venture between Rubis Terminal and Delta Petrol. The terminal is located in the South East of Turkey, near the city of Ceyhan, close to Iraq, the second largest oil producer in the world. The storage tanks for bunker fuels and import products are on track since March 2013. Beginning 2015, the current capacity of 650 000 m3 will be extended to 987 000 m3 and the 2.3 km jetty, under construction, will be ready to receive Suezmax vessels. The Group is also considering the construction of storage tanks for chemicals. SERVICES: > Blending in tanks, > Additive dedicated process, > Blending of ethanol and biodiesel, > Colouring, > Product circulation in tanks, > Temperature control/heating of products. ==================== I make it about $800k - $900k as net profit (depends on what the applicable transport- storage-, brokerage costs were) PLUS about $3.2M - $3.4M for cost recovery. The numbers are not that important - it's the symbolic nature of the announcement that's important. Iraqi Government approves opening Consulate of #People's Republic of #China in #Kurdistan Region. ============== While we are raising our glasses to this fantastic news today, just stand back a moment and understand how far GKP have come in four odd years, from our first drill success too oil exports to the world markets, now add in the country of Kurdistan, the never ending political fighting, and a small company of GKP, i say it is quite remarkable, and i say well done Todd and the BOD in getting us where we are today. I know the last sentence will not be welcomed by many here on this BB, but give credit where credits due. We have achieved far more than many oil Majors in other parts of the world, and as John Gerstenlauer, said don't listen to all the bull on the bulletin boards, well today news just sums up that comment to a tee. See ya next year CCC =================== Where did this come from, Who expected this. I've been sick of reading this BB as its been full of a Ren post for the last few days. (nothing against Ren) but just utter carp. but hopefully this now should be a real game changer well done all PIs for holding through the Storms we have endured. politics seem to be easing now export is happening from a huge space given to us as the pipe line must be freeing up lots of Tankers that are now laden with Shaikan Heavy sludge. =================== Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (L) and Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani attend the opening of the CWC Kurdistan-Iraq Oil and Gas conference in Erbil on Dec. 2, 2013. (RAWAZ TAHIR/Iraq Oil Report/Metrography) By Ben Van Heuvelen and Staff of Iraq Oil Report Published Thursday, December 5th, 2013 As Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region continues to pump oil into its new export pipeline to Turkey, leaders in Erbil and Ankara have outlined a revenue-handling mechanism that appears to allow their burgeoning energy cooperation to move forward without Baghdad's approval.The impending exports and sales threaten to undermine Baghdad's top oil policymakers, who have long argued that all exports must be conducted under central government authority – a position they have reiterated forcefully ... ==================== K & M tipped for new Iraq-Turkey Pipeline construction By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report Published Monday, December 30th, 2013 Ukrainian firm K & M Ltd.'s $230 million proposal has been selected by the North Oil Company (NOC) as its preferred contractor for building the new leg of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP).The proposal for replacing one of the two pipelines of the ITP still needs the endorsement of the Oil Minister and, most likely, the Iraqi Cabinet, which could take place sometime in January.K & M was chosen for the engineering, procurement and construction contract over Anglo-Egyptian Petrojet's $238 mil... ==================== Iraqi Kurds export first heavy oil to global market 31 Dec 2013 - 13:43 * KRG sells first cargo of Shaikan heavy crude * Gulf Keystone operates Shaikan oilfield * Taq Taq oil going into new pipeline for exports By Julia Payne LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish region has started exports of heavy crude to world markets, traders and industry sources said, a further step to wrestle more control of its lucrative oil sector from the central government in Baghdad. Trucked through Turkey to a waiting tanker, the sale of Shaikan crude comes just ahead of planned exports of light crude Taq Taq via a new pipeline. The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) began selling its oil independently of Baghdad in 2012, first with very light oil condensate, followed by Taq Taq, produced by London-listed oil company Genel . These exports enraged Baghdad, which considers them smuggling as selling oil falls is handled by under the purview of Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO). Talks are underway between Iraq and the Kurds to find an agreement over oil exports and revenue sharing, after Arbil and Ankara signed a multi-billion dollar energy package at the end of November, including gas pipelines and exploration deals. Iraq's oil minister said Baghdad would retain control over the oil revenues. [ID:nL5N0JI1RA] But despite Baghdad's threats of legal action against potential buyers over the last year, the KRG has moved ahead with exporting Shaikan, the first international exports for AIM-listed Gulf Keystone in Kurdistan. Trading company Powertrans, an intermediary used by the KRG to export its oil from Turkey, has sold a 30,000 tonne cargo of Shaikan loading Jan 6-10, trading sources familiar with the matter said. The cargo will load at the Delta Rubis terminal at Dortyol on Turkey's bay of Iskenderun, one of the sources said. Details of the ultimate buyer were unclear as a trader was re-offering the grade. The Shaikan oilfield is operated by Gulf Keystone, with Hungarian MOL holding a 20 percent interest. Commercial production began in July 2013 with an initial capacity of 10,000 barrels per day (bpd) and output is expected to reach 40,000 bpd in early 2014. Gulf Keystone was not immediately able to provide a comment to Reuters after several enquiries. Taq Taq crude is being tested in a newly completed pipeline that links Kurdish oilfields to the Turkish border and then into an existing pipeline already exporting Kirkuk crude for state marketer SOMO to the port of Ceyhan. The oil successfully reached the Turkish port of Ceyhan for the first time last week. [ID:nL6N0K21BL] (Additional reporting by Peg Mackey, Editing by William Hardy) ((julia.payne@thomsonreuters.com)(+44 207 542 1836) (Reuters Messaging: julia.payne.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: KURDISTAN OIL/SHAIKAN =========== Maliki targets protesters as Anbar security crisis deepens Iraqi security guards detain four ISIS members on October 31, 2013 in a desert raid in Anbar province. In total, 24 members of the al-Qaida splinter group were arrested that day. But the campaign ISIS has waged against Iraq continues. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) By Jamal Naji and Staff of Iraq Oil Report Published Saturday, December 28th, 2013 Tensions are rising in Anbar province between Sunni protesters and Iraq's Shia-dominated central government, as pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to push back against a rising tide of violence. Protesters in Anbar have rejected renewed threats from Maliki, who claims the demonstrations have been infiltrated by terrorists and has warned of imminent crackdowns. It has been a full year since protesters in Sunni-majority provinces across Iraq took to the streets to decry the... ===================== Q&A: Basra Governor Majid al-Nasrawi Basra Governor Majid al-Nasrawi addresses the Basra Oil and Gas Conference in December 2013. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report/Metrography) By Ali Abu Iraq of Iraq Oil Report Published Thursday, December 19th, 2013 There are two weeks to go until 2014, and Basra Governor Majid al-Nasrawi can't make plans for needed infrastructure projects because the federal budget hasn't been passed and he's gotten no confirmation that a prospective $4 per barrel increase in the petrodollar program will be implemented.The delay is frustrating, though common in Iraq's budgetary approval process. But the possibility that Basra will be short-changed, he said, is unacceptable."We may override all powers to take our ri... ====================== Bombs across Baghdad kill at least 15, clashes continue in Anbar - sources Source: Reuters - Tue, 31 Dec 2013 05:37 PM Author: Reuters A protester stands next to the wreckage of a police vehicle in Ramadi December 30, 2013. Fighting broke out when Iraqi police moved to dismantle a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, police and medical sources said, a day after police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in a western province. No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of Tuesday's attacks but al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate, which was forced underground in 2006-07, has reemerged this year, invigorated by civil war in Syria and Sunni resentment at home. In the deadliest attack in Baghdad, seven people were killed when two car bombs hit the Shi'ite neighbourhood of Zafaraniya. In southeastern Baghdad, three mortar rounds landed near a housing complex, killing four people, medics and police sources said. A bomb attached to a truck killed the driver and one passenger in the mainly Shi'ite district of Basateen in northern Baghdad and gunmen shot dead one policeman and wounded another in southern part of the capital, police said. Police and local officials in western Ramadi in Anbar said clashes between gunmen and security forces are still continuing inside the city on Tuesday. Sunni outrage and the violence across Iraq is likely to deepen already severe sectarian rifts. More than 8,000 people have been killed in such violence this year. After years of reduced bloodshed, the intensity of attacks has dramatically risen since the start of 2013. Bombings have often targeted cafes and other places where families gather, as well as the usual military facilities and checkpoints. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed and Kamal Namaa; Editing by Angus MacSwan) ========= قوات امنية تداهم منزل واثق البطاط 30-12-2013 - 19:17 Alsumaria Mobile Version أمن السومرية نيوز/ بغداد أفاد مصدر امني، الاثنين، بأن قوات امنية داهمت منزل أمين عام حزب الله النهضة الإسلامية وزعيم جيش المختار في العراق واثق البطاط. وقال المصدر في حديث لـ"السومرية نيوز"، إن "قوات أمنية خاصة داهمت، مساء اليوم، منزل أمين عام حزب الله النهضة الإسلامية وزعيم جيش المختار واثق البطاط، لاعتقاله وفق مذكرة القاء قبض". ولم يذكر المصدر الذي طلب عدم الكشف عن اسمه، المزيد من التفاصيل. وكان ائتلاف دولة القانون أكد، اليوم الاثنين، أن البطاط عليه أوامر قبض على الرغم من عدم ثبوت تورطه بجرائم قتل او وجود دعوى قضائية ضده، مؤكداً أن القوات الأمنية داهمت منزل البطاط بين الحين والآخر في محافظة ميسان واعتقلت إخوته وعائلته قبل فترة، وتم إطلاق سراحهم فيما بعد". يذكر أن البطاط يمثل الامين العام لحزب الله ـ النهضة الإسلامية في العراق والذي أعلن، في شباط الماضي، عن تشكيل "جيش شعبي مناطقي يدعم توجهات الحكومة في محاربة الفساد وتنظيم القاعدة"، حيث أكد أن هذا الجيش الذي أطلق عليه اسم "جيش المختار" والذي سيكون على أهبة الاستعداد "إذا ما حاول الجيش العراقي الحرّ أو تنظيم القاعدة استغلال التظاهرات التي تجري في بعض محافظات العراق".