Name: Pulkhana (also known as Balkana)
Controlled by: Ministry of Oil (Baghdad).
Location: The area of the field is 412 km², within Salah Al Den Governorate.
Discovery: Eight (or possibly nine) wells have been drilled in the field. The field contains oil and associated gas.
Status: The block was offered in the "Fifth-plus" licensing round, May 2024, but no bids were received.
(Shamaran Petroleum signed final binding agreements with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in January 2012 to relinquish the 60% working interests previously held in each of the Arbat and Pulkhana PSCs. An amount of $25 million was paid in January 2012 to the KRG as relinquishment fees to fulfill all outstanding financial commitments on these two blocks. The agreements relieve the Company of any further obligations under these PSCs. Disappointing testing results from the Pulkhana 9 well led the Company to this decision.)
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A full list of oil and gas fields controlled by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad can be found here.