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