Tag Archives | Crescent Petroleum

Dana Gas Facility Repaired

By John Lee. Dana Gas has repaired its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facility at Kor Mor in Iraqi Kurdistan, which was damaged when a tanker smashed into it last year, halting its production of up to 900 tonnes of oil equivalent a day. Dana and its parent company, Crescent Petroleum, remain in negotiations with the Kurdistan […]

Dana/Crescent Invest $1bn in Kurdistan

Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s leading private-sector natural gas company, and Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East’s oldest private oil and gas company, in their capacity as joint operators, have announced that the total investment on behalf of the partners in gas operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has exceeded US$1 billion. Total cumulative […]

Crescent Petroleum Gears Up for Expansion in Iraq

By John Lee. Majid Jafar (pictured), the chief executive of UAE-based Crescent Petroleum, has said the company is gearing up for expansion in the Iraqi oil and gas sector. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dubai, he said: "We are looking at entering Libya with the right opportunity. […]

Khor Mor Production Reaches 80,000 bpd

Investment almost $1 billion - highest foreign investment in Iraqi oil and gas sector Total 67 million barrels produced since 2008 – highest by private sector in Iraq Project achieves government fuel cost savings of $5.4 billion Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, in their capacity as joint operator of the Khor Mor field, have announced […]

Kor Mor Kurdistan Production Reaches 70k BPD

By John Lee. Crescent Petroleum and its partner and affiliate Dana Gas PJSC, have, in their capacity as joint operator of the Kor Mor field, announced that total production in their major gas operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has grown steadily to reach 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with total investment […]

Kurdistan Gas Targets Pushed Out

Dana Gas PJSC, Crescent Petroleum, Mol Nyrt and OMV will produce 300 million cubic feet a day of gas from its project in Iraq’s Kurdistan region in 2012, a year later than expected. The production rate is currently 200 million cubic feet a day, Dana Gas said in a statement today. The production rate was […]

Rosneft Invests $630m in Crescent JV

Reuters, quoting a top Russian official, says Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft will invest $630 million in a joint project with UAE firm Crescent Petroleum to drill for gas in the Middle East. In May, Rosneft's Chairman Igor Sechin, who is also Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, said Russia was keen for projects to drill for […]