Tag Archives | Chia Surkh

Genel Energy Shares Slide on Lower Production Forecast

By John Lee. Genel Energy has issued the following trading and operations update in advance of the Company's full-year 2016 results, which are scheduled for release on 30 March 2017. In the statement (see below), the company said it expects a significant drop in production in 2017. Share were trading down 11 percent on Tuesday. […]

Genel Energy Trading and Operations Update

Genel Energy plc issues the following trading and operations update in respect of Q3 2016. The information contained herein has not been audited and may be subject to further review. Murat Özgül (pictured), Chief Executive of Genel, said: "Genel has received $163 million in cash proceeds during 2016, underpinning the drilling of successful production wells […]

Genel Energy Outlines 2016 Plans

By John Lee. In its trading update this morning, Genel Energy gave the following plans for its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: The majority of planned activity and capital expenditure in the KRI is discretionary, which confers significant flexibility. The Company will leverage this flexibility and match activity to the level of cash proceeds received from […]

Genel Sells Interest in Chia Surkh

By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced the sale of a 20 percent participating interest in the Chia Surkh Production Sharing Contract ('PSC') to Petoil Inc. As consideration for the sale of the 20% interest, Petoil will carry Genel's share of the costs associated with the Chia Surkh-12 ('CS-12') appraisal well. The total cost of […]

Genel Releases Full Year Results

Genel Energy has announced its preliminary audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013: Results summary KRI export pipeline infrastructure complete and in the commissioning phase. Volumes of KRI oil in storage at Ceyhan continue to grow Turkey-KRG Gas Sales Agreement a significant milestone in the commercialisation of Miran and Bina Bawi gas fields […]

Genel Announces Successful Chia Surkh Test

The Anglo-Turkish oil and gas independent, Genel Energy, has announced that a second drill-stem test carried out on the Chia Surkh 10 well has confirmed the existence of an additional oil bearing section. The test was carried out over a 12 metre zone in a younger Miocene section than the the first drill-stem test, and […]

Genel Energy Shares Jump on Oil Find

By John Lee. Shares in the Anglo-Turkish oil and gas company Genel Energy closed up 6.4 percent on Wednesday after it announced that the first of five exploration wells it plans to drill this year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has made a significant oil discovery. The company said the Chia Surkh 10 well […]

Genel Updates on Trading and Operations

Genel Energy has issued the following trading and operational update in advance of the Company's 2012 full year results, which are scheduled for release on 28 February 2013. Information contained within this release is un-audited and may be subject to further review. Tony Hayward (pictured), Chief Executive said: "2012 saw a strong production performance and […]

Genel Energy Spuds Chia Surkh 10 Exploration Well

By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that the Chia Surkh 10 exploration well was spudded on 7th October 2012. The Chia Surkh 10 well is the first exploration well to be drilled on the Chia Surkh exploration block whichcovers an area of 984 square kilometres in the southern part of the Kurdistan Region of […]

Genel Energy Increases Chia Surkh Stake to 60%

Genel Energy has issued the following update on its operations at the Chia Surkh block in Kurdistan: On 16 January 2012, Genel Energy plc ("Genel Energy") announced that it had entered into transactions with Forbes & Manhattan (Kurdistan) Inc. (a subsidiary of Longford Energy Inc.) ("F&M") and Petoil Petroleum to increase Genel Energy's interest in […]

Genel Energy Awaiting Approval on Chia Surkh Deal

Genel Energy is still awaiting government approval for its plan to increase its interest in the Chia Surkh block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 20% to 80% and to become the operator of the field. This morning (Thursday) the company issued the following update to the market: On 16 January 2012, Genel Energy plc […]

Genel Takes Control of Chia Surkh

Genel Energy announced on Monday morning that it has taken a step forward in its strategy to consolidate its position as a leading oil and gas player in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by becoming the government's sole Contractor in the Chia Surkh exploration block. The Company said today that it is to increase its […]