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US's New Hopes In Iraq "Are Dashed"

By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. U.S.'s New Hopes In Iraq Are Dashed As It Signs Longest Ever Gas Deal With Iran The sheer length of Iraq's new gas deal with Iran means Baghdad can be […]

Iraq has "No Intention" of Restarting Kurdish Oil Pipeline

From OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Has No Intention of Restarting Kurdish Oil Pipeline Baghdad is repairing the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which has not been operable for ten years and hopes to use it to export some 350,000 bpd to […]

IDC Completes Oil Well at Bai Hassan Field

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of oil well 199 at the Bai Hassan oil field, west of Kirkuk. Drilling reached a depth of 1,810 meters, using the1,000-horsepower IDC 222 drilling rig. The work was done on behalf of the North Oil Company (NOC). (Source: Ministry of Oil)

Iraq "Plans to Reopen Own Oil Pipeline"

By Jack Dutton for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq plans to reopen own oil pipeline as talks to restart Kurdish route stall The move to reopen the pipeline will irk the Kurdistan Regional Government, as it introduces […]

Genel Energy outlines Payments to Govts for 2023

By John Lee. Genel Energy has just published details of its payments to governments for the year 2023: Introduction and basis for preparation This report sets out details of the payments made to governments by Genel Energy plc and its subsidiary undertakings ('Genel') for the year ended 31 December 2023 as required under the Disclosure […]

DNO Kurdistan Ops "Recover Rapidly" from Flooding

By John Lee. DNO has announced that production and field operations at its operated Tawke license (DNO 75 percent) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq have recovered from torrential flooding that also washed away large sections of the banks of the Khabur River, damaging roads and interfering with loading of tanker trucks for deliveries to […]

Iraq Approves Loan Guarantees for major Gas Project

By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approved sovereign guarantees totalling $3.25 billion, in relation to the development of the Nahr Bin Umar [Nahr Ben Umar] gas field in Basra. It also exempted the special purpose company Halfaya Gas Company Ltd. (HGC), which was established to develop the field, from the requirement to submit two […]

IDC Drills and Rehabs 52 Oil Wells in Q1 2024

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully drilled and rehabilited 52 oil wells during the first quarter of 2024. Mr. Khaled Hamza Abbas, the General Manager of the IDC, said that the company has managed to drill 19 oil wells and rehabilitate 33 others in Iraqi oil fields. (Source: Ministry of Oil)

Sir Michael Fallon to Retire from Genel Energy

By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that Sir Michael Fallon has indicated his intention to retire from the Board of Genel at the AGM in May 2024. Sir Michael Fallon has served more than four years at Genel as Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chair, Senior Independent Director, Chair of the International Relations Committee, and a […]