LONDON, (Reuters) – Iraq has finalised the list of 47 pre-qualified bidders for energy exploration rights in an auction due to be held May 30-31, the oil ministry said on Thursday. U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil is not on the finalised list, while Syrian General Oil has been added as a pre-qualified bidder.
Below are the pre-qualified companies on the final list.
Name of Company Nationality
ATPECO Japan
Bashneft Russia
BP UK
Chevron Corp. United States
CNOOC China
CNPC China
Dragon Oil UAE
Edison Italy
Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. Egypt
Eni Italy
Gazprom Russia
Glencore International Switzerland
Gulfsands Petroleum UK
INA-Industrja Nafte Croatia
Inpex Corp. Japan
ITOCHU Corp. Japan
Japex Japan
JOGMEC Japan
JX Nippon Oil and Gas Japan
Kogas South Korea
Kuwait Energy Kuwait
Lukoil Russia
Mitsubishi Corp. Japan
Mitsui Oil Japan
Mubadala Oil United Arab Emirates
Occidental Petroleum United States
ONGC Videsh Ltd India
Pakistan Petroleum Pakistan
Pertamina Indonesia
Petro Vietnam Vietnam
PetroChina China
Petronas Malaysia
Premier Oil UK
PT Pertamina Indonesia
PTTEP International Thailand
Romgaz Romania
Royal Dutch Shell UK/Netherlands
Rosneft Russia
SK Innovation South Korea
Sonangol Angola
Statoil Norway
Sumitomo Corp. Japan
Syrian General Oil Syria
TNK-BP Russia
Total France
TPAO Turkey
Vitol Netherlands
Zhenhua Oil China