By John Lee. Shares in Irish-based exploration group Petroceltic International (PCI) were up 3 percent in early trading on Monday, following the release of its preliminary results. The results included the following statement on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: "Since 2005, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has become one of the most active exploration locations […]
By John Lee. Petroceltic International, the independent oil & gas exploration company with interests in Iraqi Kurdistan, has announced its results for the period ended 30 June 2012. Highlights: Proposed Merger of Petroceltic & Melrose Resources plc ('Melrose') announced 17 August. Declaration of Commerciality announced 9 August for the Ain Tsila Field in Algeria. Final […]
Iraq’s legislation doesn’t prevent oil companies from signing deals with the central government in Baghdad and with the KRG, as ExxonMobil has done, said Adnan al-Janabi, chairman of Iraq’s Oil and Energy Committee. Speaking on the sidelines of an oil conference in London, he added, "there are no blacklists in parliament". “With or without the […]
Reuters reports that Iraq's Oil Ministry has excluded American oil firm Hess Corp from competing in its 4th energy auction because the company signed deals with Iraq's northern Kurdish region. As we reported last week, Hess was one of the 41 companies pre-qualified for the auctions, but it was not included on a new list […]
Petroceltic International, the Irish-based AIM and ESM listed oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, has announced that, in partnership with Hess Middle East New Ventures, a subsidiary of Hess Corporation, it has executed two Production Sharing Contracts ("PSCs") with the Kurdistan Regional Government of […]
