Voters in Iraqi Kurdistan and the disputed areas under Kurdish control have started to cast their ballots on whether to split from the rest of Iraq and become an independent state, according to Kurdish media reports early on September 25. Reports claimed that voters had been queuing for hours before polling stations opened at 0800 […]
By Fazel Hawramy for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A few days ahead of the Kurdistan referendum on independence, an ethnic clash took place between a group of Kurds and Turkmens in Kirkuk on Sept. 19. Local police deployed in different parts […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Turkey plans security, economic measures in response to Iraq's Kurdish referendum:
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Park Young-Kyu, the Consul General of Korea, and his accompanying delegation, in Erbil. Mr. Park conveyed a letter from Mr. Moon Jae-In, President of the Republic of Korea, inviting stronger relations between Erbil and Seoul. He expressed Korea’s readiness to cooperate with the Kurdistan Region on technology development and […]
By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that the Taq Taq field partners have received a gross payment of $10.22 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government for oil sales during June 2017. Genel's net share of the payment is $5.62 million. Gross oil sales from the Taq Taq field (pictured) in June 2017 averaged 15,863 […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will immediately pay $1 billion to the Pearl Consortium, including Dana Gas, and its partners to settle a long-running legal dispute. In a joint press release, the Kurdistan Regional Government and Pearl Consortium announced the "full and final settlement" between the two parties. Below is the full press release: Settlement […]
Shares in Norway's DNO ASA jumped 8.7 percent this morning following the announcement that the company has reached a "landmark settlement of outstanding receivables owed to the Company for past crude oil deliveries", and the announcement of half-year revenues up 43 percent from the same period last year. Under the settlement, DNO has been assigned […]
Genel Energy has announced a definitive agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) relating to unpaid entitlements for past oil sales from the Taq Taq and Tawke fields. The company's shares were trading up 7 percent on Thursday morning. Cash flow is expected to be materially enhanced over the course of the agreement, delivering significant […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq says the date to hold an independence referendum has been set and won't be changed. That was in response to a request by US secretary of […]
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) has confirmed that a gross payment of $15.0 million ($12.0 million net to GKP) has been received from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for Shaikan crude oil export sales for April 2017. Company's current cash position is $140.3 million. On August 8th, cumulative production from the Shaikan field reached 40 million barrels; […]
By John Lee. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has confirmed that production from the Atrush Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is expected to ramp up towards the 30,000-barrel-per-day project capacity (gross) in 2017. Oil production at Atrush started in July. TAQA is the operator of Atrush and has a 39.9% […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has reported receipt of USD 39.59 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government as payment towards May 2017 crude oil deliveries to the export market from the Tawke license. The funds, to be shared pro-rata by DNO and partner Genel Energy plc, include USD 33.21 million towards monthly […]
