Oil Production in Kurdistan is Recovering
Norwegian DNO resumes production at the Tawke field in Iraqi Kurdistan after pipeline supplies from the region to the Turkish port of Ceyhan resumed for further exports The Norwegian DNO, which is developing oil deposits in Iraqi Kurdistan, has announced the resumption of production at the Tawke field. Production was …
Syria Invasion Forces Russia To Halt Oil Projects
Russian oil giant Rosneft has temporarily suspended works at one block in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan due to security concerns because of the blocks’ proximity to the Syrian border, Rosneft’s First Vice President, Eric Maurice Liron, said on Thursday. Rosneft has signed several agreements with Kurdistan dating back from 2017 and 2018 to …
Gazprom Neft: Produces its Two-Millionth Tonne of Oil in Kurdistan
Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazprom Neft Middle East B.V. has produced its two-millionth tonne of oil since starting commercial production at its Sarqala field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. First oil was obtained at the Garmian block, which includes the Sarqala field, in 2011. Commercial oil shipments commenced in 2015, with the commissioning of the Sarqala-1 well. The second …
Gazprom Neft Begins Exploratory Drilling in Kurdistan
Gazprom Neft has begun drilling an exploration well at the Shakal block in Kurdistan (Iraq) and is soon to commence drilling on a second exploration well. The project will study two oil reservoirs in the Shakal block including flow testing. Well testing will be completed by late 2014 / early …
Gazprom and Kurdistan Discuss Co-Operational Prospects in the Oil and Gas Sector
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Masud Barzani, President of Kurdistan. At working meeting Enlarge photo (JPG, 4 MB) The parties discussed the prospects for bilateral cooperation deepening in the oil and gas sector. In particular, the meeting addressed potential interaction between Gazprom and …