By John Lee. Shares in Afren were down as much as 7 percent during the day on Tuesday, closing down 5.7 percent, as the company's earnings came in below target. In its Interim Management Statement this morning, Afren gave the following update on its Iraq operations: "On the Barda Rash block in Kurdistan, the BR-4 […]
By John Lee. Shares in Afren rose by more than 5 percent on Tuesday morning following a positive trading update. The company made the following statement on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: On the Ain Sifni block in Kurdistan, following the world class discovery with the Simrit-2 exploration well 1,509 feet of net oil pay […]
By John Lee. Shares in Afren were trading up more than 3 percent on Thursday afternoon following the release of the company's Interim Management Statement, which included the following update on its Iraqi operations: Barda Rash On 8 July 2013 Afren commenced preliminary crude oil sales from the Barda Rash PSC to the local market. […]
By John Lee. As part of its half-year results, Afren has issued the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Barda Rash Approximately 18,800 barrels of oil were held in storage during 1H 2013. Preliminary crude oil sales to the local market have commenced with initial sales of 1,300 bopd achieved since 8 July […]
Erbil Governorate has compiled and published a list of the top oil companies in Kurdistan [Note: This list was originally compiled and published by Marcopolis - Ed.]. Please click here to see a list of oil companies with licences granted by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad. [NEW: An updated list can now be found […]
By John Lee. At today's AGM of Afren, which has operations (pictured) at Barda Rash in Kurdistan, the Chairman Egbert Imomoh opened the meeting with the following statement: Our vision to be the leading independent upstream Exploration and Production (E&P) Company in each of the areas we operate is underpinned by a clear and consistent […]
Shares in Afren have risen more than 5 percent since the publication of its Interim Management Statement on Thursday. In the statement, the company gave the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Barda Rash As part of the phased development of the field, Afren initiated production operations in August 2012 producing its first […]
By John Lee. Shares in Afren fell 1.7 percent following the publication of its full-year results for 2012. Key highlights Record financial results driven by strong production growth (+123%); FY 2013E net production expected to average 40,000 to 47,000 boepd (excluding Barda Rash) Significant exploration success E&A success ratio of 88% 265% reserves replacement ratio […]
Afren has announces an update on the on-going testing programme on the Hunt Oil Middle East (HOME) operated Simrit-2 well, yielding incremental flow rates of 5,368 bopd, with a cumulative rate of 18,952 bopd from six of the 12 zones tested. Following the conclusion of drilling operations at the Simrit-2 well, located on the northern […]
By John Lee. Afren plc's trading statement and operations update includes the following review of its activities in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shares in the company closed up 2.7 percent: Barda Rash Having commenced an extensive testing programme at the BR-1 well in July 2012 and establishing oil rates in excess of 6,000 bopd of 28° to […]
By John Lee. Shares in Afren closed down 1.8 percent on Tuesday following the company's interim management statement. Afren gave the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Barda Rash Having commenced an extensive testing programme at the BR-1 well in July 2012 and establishing oil rates in excess of 6,000 bopd of 28° […]
By John Lee. Shares in oil exploration company Afren closed up over 3% on Tuesday following the announcement of the company's interim results. The company gave the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Barda Rash Extensive testing commenced at the BR-1 well on 7 July 2012 and has yielded oil rates in excess […]
