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Iraq Launches New Oil Tanker

By John Lee. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister has launched Iraq's latest oil tanker, the Akkad. Speaking at the event, Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani emphasized the Ministry's commitment to bolstering the Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) with new vessels. The new tanker has a capacity of 32,000 tons, and measures […]

Iraq Committed to Building Fleet of Oil Tankers

By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, has affirmed the Ministry's commitment to building a fleet of oil tankers. His statement came during a meeting with the Chairman of the Norwegian company Batservice Mandal [Båtservice Mandal AS], Bjørn Fjellhaugen, and the accompanying delegation. The Minister praised the role of Batservice, in cooperation […]

DNO Confirms Q3 2023 Local Oil Sales in Iraqi Kurdistan

By John Lee. DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, will publish its Q4 2023 operating and interim financial results on 8 February at 07:00 (CET). A videoconference call with executive management will follow at 14:00 (CET). The Company issues below an update on production and sales volumes for the quarter as well as […]

Oil Output Increases at DNOs Kurdistan Fields

By John Lee. DNO has confirmed that production continues to increase at its fields in Iraqi Kurdistan, with output so far in the fourth quarter averaging double the level of the third quarter. However, the company added that APIKUR members will "not be in a position to produce oil for pipeline exports until it is […]

Increasing Security of Supply Chain at Baghdad Airport

Increasing the security of the trade supply chain at Baghdad International Airport On 10 September 2023, Iraq took a significant stride in bolstering trade supply chain security - concurrently targeting high-risk air cargo while facilitating the smooth flow of legitimate trade. In pursuit of this crucial objective, Iraqi authorities have joined forces with the United […]

DNO Appoints New Managing Director

DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has announced that Christopher Spencer has been appointed Managing Director of the Company as Bjørn Dale steps down as part of a planned management transition initiated last year. Mr. Spencer has been DNO's Chief Operating Officer since 2021. Before joining DNO six years ago, he served as […]

Iraq takes delivery of New Oil Tanker

By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the delivery of a new oil tanker named "Sumer." The Director-General of the Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) emphasized the ministry's commitment to expanding the national fleet through new contracts with global specialized firms. Mr. Ali Qais said the technical team and the designated committee […]

Purchase Tariffs Reduced at 2 Iraqi Solar Projects

By John Lee. Iraqi's Cabinet has this week approved an agreement between the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and Al-Bilal Group, a limited general contracting company, which includes a reduction in the power purchase tariff for two solar power station projects in Karbala (300 MW) and Alexandria (Iskandariya) (225 MW). The agreement reduces the price from […]

DNO Scales Back Kurdistan Spend

By John Lee. DNO, which operates the Tawke licence in Iraqi Kurdistan, has said on Thursday that, given the uncertain timing of oil export resumption from Iraqi Kurdistan and, importantly, of payments by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for previous oil sales, it has scaled back spend in Kurdistan, including drilling. In its statement of […]

DNO projects Lower Full-Year Oil Production from Tawke

By John Lee. DNO, which operates the Tawke licence in Iraqi Kurdistan, has said today (Tuesday) that it now projects full-year 2023 production for Tawke to be below the previously communicated projection of 100,000 barrels of oil per day, as a result of the previously-advised shutdown in production. Full statement from DNO: DNO ASA, the […]

Norwegian Firm "Exits Iraq Solar Power Projects"

By John Lee. Norwegian company Scatec has reportedly decided not to proceed with its solar projects in Iraq. The firm, whose main shareholder is Equinor (formerly Statoil), told MEES that it has decided to focus on "carefully selected markets", and not to proceed with the projects in Iraq. In October 2021, Iraq's Ministry of Oil […]