By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has announced that its technical and engineering staff have started drilling oil well MJ-129 in Majnoon oil field in Basra Province. The Director General of the IDC, Bassim Abdul Karim, said that the planned depth of the well is 3,648 meters, reaching to the Mishrif formation. He […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has started drilling a well "Ammara 19" at Missan Oil Company (MOC)'s Amara field, within the Mishrif reservoir. IDC's Director General, Bassim Abdul Kareem, said the drilling operations were carried out using the 2000-HP drilling rig "IDC 23". The planned depth of the well is 3,290 meters. […]
Russian oil company Lukoil has commenced drilling of new production wells at West Qurna-2 field as part of the second development phase. The company has so far concluded contracts to drill 57 production wells, including 54 wells at Mishrif formation and 3 wells at Yamama formation. The drilling campaign will ramp up production at West […]
By John Lee. In a statement to the markets this morning, Dragon Oil gave the following update on its operations at Block 9 in Iraq: "In 2014, the partners in Block 9 in Iraq (Dragon Oil 30%) announced the discovery of oil in two formations in the consortium's first exploration well, Faihaa-1. "Open and cased […]
By John Lee. In its Interim Management Statement this morning, Dragon Oil gave the following update on its operations at Block 9 in Iraq: "In 2014, the partners in Block 9 in Iraq, announced the discovery of oil in two formations in the consortium's first exploration well, Faihaa-1 in which Dragon Oil holds 30 percent. […]
By John Lee. In its 2014 Full-Year Results, Dragon Oil gave the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: On 10 September 2014, the partners in Block 9 in Iraq, Dragon Oil (30%) and Kuwait Energy (70% and operator), announced their first oil discovery at the consortium's first target, the Mishrif formation, reached at […]
By John Lee. In its Trading Statement this morning, Dragon Oil issued the following update on its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: "On 10 September 2014, the partners in Block 9 in Iraq, Dragon Oil (30%) and Kuwait Energy (70% and operator), announced their first oil discovery at the consortium's first target, the Mishrif formation, reached […]
By John Lee. In its Interim Management Statement on Tuesday, Dragon Oil gave the following update on its Iraqi operations: "On 10 September 2014, the consortium comprised of Kuwait Energy (70% and operator) and Dragon Oil (30%) reported its first oil discovery at Block 9, Iraq. "The successful discovery was at the consortium's first target, […]
By John Lee. In its Drilling and Production Update issued today (Friday), Dragon Oil has said that it plans more detailed testing at its Mishrif site: "On 10 September 2014, the consortium comprised of Kuwait Energy (70% and operator) and Dragon Oil (30%) reported its first oil discovery at Block 9, Iraq. "The successful discovery […]
Russia’s Lukoil aims to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day at Iraq’s field by the end of 2012, and is seeking customers for the fuel in Asia, according to a report from BusinessWeek. The Moscow-based company plans to begin selling crude from the field in 2013, Paul Hawkins, director of supply and trading […]
