By John Lee. The Ninth Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced that it has reinforced electricity infrastructure to achieve a continuous, 24-hour power supply across the region. The Ninth Cabinet has expanded power generation by 1,840 megawatts through new power stations, and completed more than 3,500 distribution and 61 transmission projects to […]
By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has joined the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR), becoming its seventh member. According to a statement from APIKUR: WesternZagros is a privately held American owned company with offices in Calgary, Canada, and in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It has invested over $1 […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has taken a step towards reducing the environmental impact of waste gas and harnessing it to generate electricity from oil wells. One notable achievement is the Garmian power plant, a 165 MW station that utilises flare gas recovery from the Hasira oil wells to produce electricity. Completed […]
Waste gas used to generate power in Garmian, Kurdistan A significant step taken by the ninth cabinet of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) was to reduce the impact of waste gas on the environment and produce electricity using this gas from oil wells. The Garmian waste-gas-to-power-plant project is a 165-MW facility of its kind in […]
UK-based Aggreko has announced that it has completed commissioning of the largest flare-gas-to-power project in the Middle East to date at 165 MW capacity. The plant is situated nearby the Saqala [Sarqala] Field, Garmain block, South East Kurdistan. The 165 MW modular power plant has run at full capacity for 72 hours in the project's […]
By John Lee. Russia's Gazprom Neft has reportedly said it will not reduce investment in its projects in Iraqi Kurdistan, despite a request from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to do so. Reuters reports that following a slump in oil prices, oil producers have been asked to reduce their investments, which governments often have to […]
Police officers in Garmiyan [Garmian] Administration have completed a two-day training course organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Human Rights Office (HRO) on core human rights principles relating to police work. The training course on 18 and 19 September, entitled “Rights of Persons Under Investigation,” was part of a series of […]
Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazprom Neft Middle East B.V. has commissioned a second well — the Sarqala-2 — at its Sarqala field (within the Garmian block), located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The new well is currently producing 11,000 barrels per day (bpd), with potential to increase this to 15,000. Total daily production at […]
Petrofac has secured a three-year master services agreement (MSA) to support Gazprom Neft Middle East B.V. with the provision of engineering services on a call-off basis for the Garmian field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The MSA was secured following a competitive tendering process and augments Petrofac’s extensive footprint in Iraq, where it has […]
By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has announced that the operator has completed the installation of surface equipment to expand the Sarqala production facility. Current production for the Sarqala-1 well is approximately 9,500 barrels per day of oil, which is in line with the company's first quarter guidance expectations. (Source: WesternZagros)
WesternZagros Resources has announced that the operator, Gazprom Neft Middle East B.V. ("Gazprom Neft"), has successfully performed an acid stimulation on the Sarqala-1 well located on the Garmian Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in order to increase the well productivity. The acid stimulation was completed on March 31, 2017 and Sarqala-1 is currently […]
WesternZagros Resources has announced a 60 percent increase in the company's Proved plus Probable ("2P") Reserves and a 250 percent increase in the net present value of the future net revenue of such reserves discounted at 10 percent ("NPV10"). The company has also provide d an Operational Update and confirmation of receipt of all proceeds […]
