Iraq receives four bids for Zubair oilfield

Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:00am EDT
 
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BAGHDAD, June 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's Oil Ministry said on Tuesday it had received four bids from different consortia for the 4-billion barrel Zubair oilfield.

One group was led by BP Plc (BP.L), together with China's CNPC; another by India's ONGC (ONGC.BO) with Gazprom (GAZP.MM) of Russia and Turkish Petroleum Corp.

The third was headed by Italy's ENI (ENI.MI), with China's Sinopec (600028.SS), Occidental (OXY.N) and Korean Gas (053000.KS); and the final was led by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), with Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and Malaysia's Petronas [PETR.UL]. (Reporting by Missy Ryan; Editing by Michael Christie)

 

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