A List of the 35 Companies Qualified to Bid for Oil Contracts

The following is the full list of companies Iraq's Oil Ministry has declared qualified to bid:

I will leave this list here, for reference, until we know which Companies have definitely qualified for Oil & Gas Service Contracts.

1. Anadarko Iraq - USA

2. Marathon International - USA

3. BG International - UK

4. Mitsibushi Corp - JAPAN

5. BHP Billiton - AUSTRALIA

6. Nexen Inc. - CANADA

7. BP - UK

8. Nippon Oil - JAPAN

9. Chevron Iraq Ltd - USA

10. Occidental Petroleum - USA

11. CNOOC China - CHINA

12. ONGC - INDIA

13. CNPC - CHINA

14. Petronas - MALAYSIA

15. Conoco Phillips - USA

16. Pertamina - INDONESIA

17. Edison International SPA - ITALY

18. Premier - UK

19. ENI - ITALY

20. Repsol - SPAIN

21. Exxon Mobil - USA

22. Shell Iraq - NETHERLANDS

23. Hess Corporation - USA

24. Sinochem - CHINA

25. Inpex Holding - JAPAN

26. Sinopec - CHINA

27. Japex - JAPAN

28. Statoil Hydro - NORWAY

29. JSC Gazprom Neft - RUSSIA

30. Total - FRANCE

31. Kogas - KOREA

32. Wintershall BASF Group - GERMANY

33. Lukoil - RUSSIA

34. Woodside - AUSTRALIA

35. Maersk - DENMARK