Genel Energy has announced the receipt of payments from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for oil sales during September 2017 from the Tawke and Taq Taq PSCs. DNO ASA, as operator of the Tawke PSC, has announced the receipt of $54.32 million from the KRG as payment towards September 2017 crude oil deliveries to the […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced a tripling of production from the Peshkabir field in the Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to 15,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) following completion of the Peshkabir-3 well testing, stimulation and cleanup program. A total of 11 zones in a 1.2 […]
Genel Energy has announced that it has instructed the trustee for the GENEL01 bonds (ISIN: NO 001 0710 882) ('GENEL01' or 'the Bonds') to summons a bondholders' meeting to resolve a refinancing of the existing Bonds. The Company proposes to refinance GENEL01 through a partial early redemption and debt reduction by replacing the existing Bond Agreement […]
Genel Energy has announced an update on activity at the Taq Taq field (Genel 44% working interest). The TT-29w well, which was drilled to appraise the northern flank of the Taq Taq field, has been completed as a producer after successfully encountering oil bearing Cretaceous reservoirs. The well, which was drilled to a measured depth […]
Genel Energy has announced that the company has received an override payment of $6.41 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The payment represents 4.5% of Tawke gross field revenues for the month of September 2017, as per the terms of the Receivable Settlement Agreement. An entitlement invoice for that month's export deliveries has been […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali. Originally published by Iraq in Context; re-published by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Between February 2017 and mid-October, Rosneft signed a number of deals with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) that established for it, […]
Genel Energy has issued a trading and operations update for Q3 2017. The information has not been audited and may be subject to further review. Murat Özgül (pictured), Chief Executive of Genel, said: "During the quarter Genel executed a landmark settlement agreement with the KRG over historical receivables, which we expect to materially enhance our […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported the first payment from the Kurdistan Regional Government under the recently concluded agreement covering outstanding receivables for past crude oil deliveries. Under the agreement effective 1 August 2017, the Company was assigned the Government's 20 percent interest in the Tawke license as well as three […]
Genel Energy has announced that Paul Schofield is stepping down from the role of Chief Operating Officer and will leave the Company on 16 October 2017. Dr. William (Bill) Higgs will succeed him in the role and will join the Company on 6 November 2017. Dr. Higgs has nearly 30 years of global exploration, development […]
Genel Energy has announced that the Taq Taq field partners have received a gross payment of $10.39 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government for oil sales during July 2017. Genel's net share of the payment is $5.71 million. Gross oil sales from the Taq Taq field in July 2017 averaged 14,873 bopd, including both exports […]
By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that production at its Taq Taq field in Iraqi Kurdistan, in which it has a 44 percent working interest, averaged 13,475 barrels per day in September. This is considerably below the 2017 year-to-date average of 19,398 barrels per day. (Source: Genel Energy)
By John Lee. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pictured) has threatened to invade Iraq, and said he could cut off the oil export pipeline from Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, following the vote supporting independence in Iraqi Kurdistan. "We have the tap," he said. "It is done once, we close the tap." The […]
