By John Lee. During a visit to Iraq's Oil Exploration Company (OEC), the Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, announced that the company's seismic teams have successfully added 6 billion barrels of oil and 32 billion standard cubic feet of gas to the country's national reserves. The Minister emphasized the importance of the oil exploration sector […]
Genel Energy has announced that RPS Energy Consultants, as part of its work on the updated competent person's reports ('CPRs') for the Bina Bawi and Miran West fields (Genel 100% and operator), has finalised its evaluation of the contingent gas resources at both assets: The RPS evaluation confirms a significant upgrade to the combined 2C […]
In its Q1 Financial Report, Dana Gas reports that its production has fallen 16 percent in Iraqi Kurdistan: KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ - RESERVES UPDATE As reported previously Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, joint operators of Pearl Petroleum Company Limited ("PPCL"), estimate that P50 total geologically risked resources of petroleum initially in-place (PIIP) of the […]
By John Lee. Bloomberg reports that Dana Gas PJSC is still waiting for payment of the $1.98 billion that it and two other energy companies -- Crescent Petroleum and Pearl Petroleum -- were awarded by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in November. The court gave the Kurdistan Regional Government 28 days to pay […]
Iraq's Ministry of Oil has reportedly announced that Iraqi gas reserves reached to 137 trillion standard cubic meters (sic) [cubic feet?], due the increase in exploration sites. Spokesman Asim Jihad said investment and development operations comprised of three stages to reach the peak of production. Earlier, oil under-secretary Fayadh Hassan said that Iraq is trying […]
