PetroChina Co. Ltd. has reported CNY 161.15 billion ($20.6 billion) in net income for 2023, up 8.3 percent compared to 2022 as growth in both upstream and downstream output offset weaker oil prices.
Geopolitics and supply chain dynamics will dictate the oil and gas outlook in 2024.
PetroChina’s contract to develop the Nahr bin Umar gas field follows the takeover by PetroChina of ExxonMobil’s operator role in the giant West Qurna 1 field.
For China, Iraq’s gas sector is not just potentially massive but is also highly connected to its equally potentially huge oil sector.
Around 70 percent of Iraq’s gas reserves are ‘associated’ with oil fields, and the majority of these fields are located in the southeast of Iraq.