Petronas withdraws all foreign staff due to COVID-19; Iraq can replace the lost production with spare capacity at other fields. In mid-July 2019, workers from the state-owned Iraqi Drilling Company completed Well D-83 at the Gharraf oil field, operated by Malaysia’s Petronas. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report) Petronas issued the following statement about the Gharraf evacuation Wednesday evening: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and as a precautionary measure to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our employees, PETRONAS has safely evacuated all 80 of our Malaysian employees from PETRONAS Carigali Iraq Holding B.V.(PCIHBV), located at the Garraf Contract Area, in the Thi Qar Province, Republic of Iraq. This is certainly an unfortunate and unforeseeable event that is not within PCIHBV’s control. PCIHBV had accordingly issued the necessary notice in accordance with the provisions of the Development and Production Service Contract and engaged with the host authority prior to the […]