FACTBOX-Firms competing in Iraq's first bid round

June 25 (Reuters) - Thirty-two of the world's biggest energy
companies have qualified and paid to compete in Iraq's first
bidding round for oil and gas contracts since the U.S.-led
invasion in 2003.

Iraq plans to award eight 20-year service contracts on June
29-30 to boost output at the six oilfields on offer and to
develop two gas fields.

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The following is the official list of 32 companies
competing:

BHP Billiton (BLT.L)(BHP.AX) Marathon (MRO.N)
BP (BP.L) Mitsubishi (8058.T)
Chevron (CVX.N) Nexen (NXY.TO)
CNOOC (0883.HK) Nippon Oil (5001.T)
CNPC [CNPET.UL] Occidental (OXY.N)
ConocoPhillips (COP.N) ONGC (ONGC.BO)
Edison International (EIX.N) Petronas [PETR.UL]
ENI (ENI.MI) Pertamina [PERTM.UL]
Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) Repsol (REP.MC)
Hess (HES.N) Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L)
Inpex (1605.T) Sinochem (600500.SS)
Japex (1662.T) Sinopec (600028.SS)
Gazprom (GAZP.MM) StatoilHydro (STL.OL)
Kogas (053000.KS) Total (TOTF.PA)
Lukoil (LKOH.MM) Turkish Petroleum Corp
Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) Woodside (WPL.AX)
(Compiled by Simon Webb; Editing by Keiron Henderson)