卡塔尔石油公司计划投资伊拉克上游业务

中国石化新闻网讯 据TABNinfo.com网站1月5日多哈报道，卡塔尔石油公司（QP）周四在多哈证实，QP计划投资伊拉克的上游业务，而时下QP正在探索进入这个市场的最佳方法。

卡塔尔石油公司总裁兼首席执行官萨阿德·卡阿比昨天在多哈说，他与来访的伊拉克石油部长卢艾比举行了会晤并向伊拉克石油部长转达了QP投资伊拉克上游业务的兴趣，伊拉克石油部长对此表示欢迎。

卡阿比补充说：“伊拉克在本地区是一个非常重要的国家。拥有巨大资源的伊拉克需要大量的投资。伊拉克是一个兄弟般的国家，我们愿意帮助和协助伊拉克开发他们的上游业务。”

由于伊拉克寻求提高其产能，这个欧佩克重要成员国日前邀请外国公司投标9个新区块勘探和开发油气储量的合同。

李峻 编译自 TABNinfo.com

原文如下：

Qatar eyes investment in Iraq upstream projects

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has confirmed that it plans to invest in Iraq’s upstream businesses and at the moment the company is exploring best ways to enter the market, a report said.

QP President & CEO Saad Sherida Al Kaabi yesterday said he had met with Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabar Al Luaibi and had conveyed QP's interest in investing Iraq’s upstream business. The Iraqi minister had welcomed that, he said,

He added: “Iraq is a very important country in the region. It has huge resources and needs a lot of investments. It is a brotherly country, and we would like to help and assist in developing their upstream business.”

Iraq invited foreign companies to bid for contracts to explore and develop oil and natural gas reserves in nine new blocks as the Opec member nation seeks to boost its output capacity.