Foreign Oil Companies Operating in Iran (Subsidiaries)



Foreign Oil Companies Operating in Iran (Subsidiaries)

Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC)

Eni (Agip Iran, Snamprogetti, & Saipem)

Operations

49 percent share in the MIS oilfield development project with Sheer Energy; exploration and development of the Kouh-Dasht field

Eni is operator in the Darquain field, the South Pars field, the Dorood field, and in the Balal field.

Snamprogetti worked on IGAT II project, the petrochemical plant of Arak, the Linear Alchyl Benzene (LAB) plant of Esfahan and the Bandar Abbas Refinery.

Saipem participated in the construction of sections I and II of the IGAT II, six gas compression plants near Marun, the Gurreh-Taheri gas pipeline, the Arak refinery and, the Khangiran gas gathering and treatment plant in Mashhad

Connections with United States

Supermajor, owns US firm Sino-US Petroleum

Operates oil wells in Gulf of Mexico totaling 44,000 boepd; acquired 105 exploration licenses in Alaska; has signed an to buy a share in the Cameron LNG terminal in Louisiana; Snamprogetti and Saipem both have offices in Houston, Texas;

China National Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec)

TotalFinaElf (Aquitaine)

Petronas (Malaysia)

LUKOil (Russia)

Indian Oil Corporation

Inpex (Japanese Consortium)

Agreement for Exploration and Operation of Zavareh-kanshan field jointly with NIOC. Upgrade of two NIOC refineries.

Operations in the South Pars field and is involved in the Pars LNG project; Developing Kharg Island field; Developing Dorood field; Projects in Balal field;

Oil Production in Sirri field; Gas Production in South Pars Phases 2 & 3; Exploration in Munir Block

Recently made a large discovery near the boder of Iraq

Developing its Chahbahar port

Developing the Azadegan fields;

Sales and Marketing offices in US

Supermajor, deeply invested

Holds operations with Exxon-Mobil and Chevron-Texaco in African States; Partnership with Conoco in Vietnam;

Owns chain of LukOil gas stations in NorthEastern US (LukOil Americas)

Joint venture with Lubrizol Corporation, U.S.A. (in India);

In Consortium with Chevron in Frade Block in Brazil;

Cepsa (Spain)

OMV (Austria)

Repsol (Spain)

Lundin Petroleum (Sweden)

Norsk Hydro (Norway)

Royal Dutch Shell

(UK and Netherlands)

Exploration; Development of the Cheshmeh-Khosh field;

Made discoveries in Mehr block; Exploration in west; Building pipelines in west; Development of the Cheshmeh-Khosh field

Exploration

Developing in the Munir block; Exploration;

Interested in the Khorramabad block; Recently made a huge discovery near the border with Iraq; Exploration in Anaran region; Exploration in Khorramabad; Operates Anaran block; Exploration in Abadan

Major investment for exploration; Redeveloping the Soroosh and Nowrooz fields

45.28% is owned by Total, S.A.

No known ties in US

Stakes in 76 exploration blocs in Gulf of Mexico; Partnered with Marathon and Murphy Oil in GoM

Partnered with Esso in France and Conoco-Phillips in Indonesia; Marathon and Conoco in Norway; Conoco in UK

Owns Spinnaker Exploration Company in Houston; Gulf of Mexico Business Unit in Houston; Numerous GoM wells

Supermajor, deeply invested

LG Engineering and Construction Corps. services

(Korea)

Technip-Coflexip (France)

Hyundai (Japan)

Sasol (Chevron)

Development of South Pars Phases 9 and 10 engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)

Supplied Iran with four cryogenic fluid transfer pumps (pumps were under scrutiny by US trade because of its possible use in cooling nuclear reactors); contract to build a steam cracker; 9th and 10th Olefins plants near Assaluyeh

Hyundai will build with Germany's Linde Group to build gas-processing plant at Asalouyeh industrial complex; active in development of Phases 2,3,4,5 of South Pars field;

Arya Sasol Polymer site in Assaluyeh; marketing and distribution of a range of solvent products; Feasability studies for future GTL plant

Subsidiary of LG group which has substantial electronics and consumer goods operations in US

Operations and Engineering centers in Houston and L.A.; Plants in Houston and Jupiter, Florida;

Numerous facilities and plants and extensive operations in Alabama, Michigan, California, and others

Subsidiary of Chevron; R&D Centre in Louisiana; Sales offices in Cranford, Tucson and Houston; facilities in Baltimore and Lake Charles;

Engelhard (New Jersey)

Statoil (Norway)

Lurgi (Germany)

Foster Wheeler Int’l

(United States)

British Petroleum (BP)

Provides Catalysts for to Sasol plants

December 2002 Statoil entered into a joint venture to develop phases 6,7,8 of South Pars Field;

Constructed two MegaMethanol plants at Bandar Assaluye; Constructed MDEA Gas Treatment, Scrubbers, and Sulfur unit at South Pars;

Agreed to sever ties with Iran December 2005; subcontractor on phases two and three of Iran 's South Pars gas project.

construction and engineering projects

Was in feasibility studies for production of Bangestan fields, but announced early 2005 that they would not pursue business in Iran due to requests from America. Was active in area of lubricants, chemicals and trading; however no E&P projects.

American Company

Trading office in Stamford, Connecticut

Offices in Memphis and Houston;

U.S. company

Have now been given access to analyze reserves in Iraqi fields by US government.

Krupp Uhde (Germany)

Japanese National Oil

Company (Japan)

Siirtec Nigi (Italy)

Bow Valley Energy (Canada)

BHP Billiton (Australia)

Petrochemcil plant at Bandar Imam

Share in JJI S&N consortium in Soroosh/Nowrooz fields; project operator of Iran’s Azadegan field;

Operates the oil separation skids and heat exchangers for the Darquain oil field; design, procure and supply an acid gas dehydration unit for the AMAK project.; design, procurement and supply of two amine-treating units and a condensate sweetening unit.

develop the Balal oil field;

Renovating the Forouzan and Esfandiar fields;

Uhde Corp. of America subsidiary; Sales and Execution office in Houston;

Working on deep sea technology with U.S. firms

US based subsidiary Environmental Elements Corporation

No ties in US

Operations in GoM including Mad Dog, Genesis, West Cameron 76; Offices in Houston;

S.C. Petrom (Romania)

Gazprom (Russia)

Oil and Natural Gas Company (India)

GVA Consultants (Sweden)

Japex (Japan)

PTT Exploration and Production (Thailand)

drilling on the Fortuna and Orizont

Platforms; exploration

Developing Phases 2 and 3 of South Pars oil fields; looking into building underground natural gas facilities in Iran

Developing the Yadavaran oil field

Exploring Iran’s portion of the Caspian Sea

Developing the Azadegan fields;

exploration and development of the Saveh field

51% owned by OMV which has no known US ties

No known ties to U.S.

No known ties to U.S.

U.S. firm Halliburton acquired GVA in 2001 from British Maritime Technology Consultants

Produces the MI519 block offshore Texas;

Produces the WD103 block offshore Louisiana

Partnered with Unocal and Chevron in Thailand;

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