As Iraq starts to recover after civil unrest now is the time for the international community to understand the current issues which will help mould the country's future through investment. At the Pre-Forum Executive Briefing of the Caspian Gas Forum, the UKTI in partnership with Gastech Specialist Events will focus on the current business landscape […]
Gulf Keystone and Genel Energy have updated the markets on their operations at Ber Bahr-1, the first exploration well on the Ber Bahr block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Ber Bahr 1 well has now completed drilling and initial testing. The well was drilled to 3993m in the Chia Zairi formation. The well […]
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) instructed all contractors who are operating currently in the Kurdistan region to halt the export of crude oil. Due to this the portion of crude oil produced by the company’s two producing fields, Taq Taq and Tawke, which were destined for export via the Iraqi national pipeline has been halted. […]
In a step that further builds its resource base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Genel Energy announced on Monday that it is to acquire a 23 per cent stake in the Bina Bawi exploration licence. The Bina Bawi licence lies alongside the producing Taq Taq oilfield where current potential output is some 80,000 barrels […]
Genel Energy has issued the following update on its operations at the Chia Surkh block in Kurdistan: On 16 January 2012, Genel Energy plc ("Genel Energy") announced that it had entered into transactions with Forbes & Manhattan (Kurdistan) Inc. (a subsidiary of Longford Energy Inc.) ("F&M") and Petoil Petroleum to increase Genel Energy's interest in […]
Genel Energy, the London listed E&P company and largest independent oil producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, announced on Friday that it has appointed Chakib Sbiti as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. He will also become a member of the Political Risk and HSSE Committees of the Genel Energy Board. Mr Sbiti […]
DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has completed drilling of the Peshkabir-1 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is preparing to test observed oil shows across three potentially producing intervals. Full and sidewall cores suggest a continuous hydrodynamic column within the Cretaceous interval and the […]
Shares in Heritage Oil reversed their recent downward trend with a 10.9% gain on Tuesday, following the company's update on it's Miran West-3 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ("Kurdistan"). Shares in partner company Genel Energy closed the day up 1.2%. Highlights Testing of a reservoir interval above the main Jurassic reservoir resulted in […]
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Shares in Norwegian oil firm DNO International were up as much as 15% in intraday trading on Wednesday, following the company's announcement that it has stuck oil at its Tawke oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan. Genel Energy, with which it shares the field, was up nearly 5% at one stage before falling back. The full text […]
Shares in Genel Energy were largely unchanged following the announcement of a $58 million loss in its first set of year-end results. Highlights Successfully raised $2.1 billion through an IPO in June Established a top-class, highly experienced Board and management team Merged with Genel Energy International, gaining a world class portfolio of assets and readmitted […]
