By John Lee. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided productive assets and agricultural inputs to rural women and farmers in Karbala Governorate to support agricultural production and strengthen resilience to climate-related challenges. The initiative was delivered under two FAO projects implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and […]
By John Lee. A new agricultural facility in Dohuk is enabling refugee, displaced and host community farmers in Iraq's Kurdistan Region to sell directly to formal retailers for the first time, with early results showing produce selling out within 24 hours and farmers earning up to 48% more per kilogram than through traditional wholesale channels. […]
By John Lee. Mona Juul has stepped down from her role as Norway's Ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, following discussions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an ongoing investigation into her knowledge of, and contact with, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Ministry had already relieved Juul of her duties while it examines documents […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) announced on Wednesday that it intends to complete the Company's previously announced proposal to pursue a dual listing of its shares on Euronext Growth Oslo operated by the Oslo Stock Exchange. Full statement from GKP: Intention to complete listing on Euronext Growth Oslo and fully underwritten retail offer […]
By John Lee. Norway's DNO ASA has announced a major scaling-up of operations in the Kurdistan Region after surpassing 500 million barrels of cumulative oil production from the Tawke licence, where it holds a 75 percent operating stake. Drilling will resume next week after a 2.5-year spending pause, beginning with a new production well in the […]
By John Lee. DNO ASA has reported record revenue of USD 547 million and an operating profit of USD 222 million for the third quarter of 2025, both more than double the figures from the previous quarter. Regarding its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, it reported that gross production at the Tawke licence, where it holds […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has announced that Birgitte Wendelbo Johansen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer effective 1 November 2025, replacing Haakon Sandborg who is stepping down following 24 years in the role. Ms. Johansen joins DNO from Reach Subsea ASA, an Oslo Børs listed oil services company, where she served […]
By John Lee. Norway's DNO has reported increased oil production at its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurdistan Production: In Q1 2025, DNO's net production in Kurdistan was 61,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), an 11% increase quarter-on-quarter. Operational Measures: Despite the closure of the Iraq-Türkiye export pipeline (ITP), production from the Tawke licence […]
By John Lee. On Thursday, DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, reported a 24-percent increase in revenue to USD 170 million in the third quarter of 2024, with operating profit also higher at USD 31 million, up from an operating loss of USD 3 million in the previous quarter. Regarding operations in the Kurdistan […]
By John Lee. DNO has announced that it has increased spending in Iraqi Kurdistan during the second quarter of 2024, to optimize production from existing wells at the flagship Tawke license (DNO 75 percent and operator), "raising gross output from the Tawke and Peshkabir fields to an average of 83,500 boepd in the first half […]
By John Lee. DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, will publish its Q2 2024 operating and interim financial results on 15 August at 07:00 (CET). A videoconference call with executive management will follow at 14:00 (CET). On Tuesday the Company provided an update on production, sales volumes and other key information for the […]
By John Lee. SITTI, an Italian provider of Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, has won a contract to provide the following at the reconstructed Mosul International Airport: an innovative VCS (Voice Communication System) a modern VRS (Voice Recording and Replay System) radio equipment for controller-pilot communication It said in a statement: "The system that will […]
