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By John Lee. Turkish officials close to their country's energy policy have announced that a total of 8 million barrels of oil have been exported via the Turkish port of Ceyhan. According to officials, while some buyers have been deterred by legal threats from Baghdad, the number of buyers is in fact increasing. The Kurds […]
By Patrick Schmidt. During an oil and gas conference in Norway, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Energy, Sara Akbar (pictured) noted that recent events in Iraq do not sour her outlook for the petroleum industry in Iraq. This statement follows the evacuation of oil engineers and workers from Iraq by select energy companies over the preceding […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone (pictured: CEO John Gerstenlauer) an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company with operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ("Kurdistan Region"), today announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Operational highlights · Gulf Keystone's operations in the Kurdistan Region remain secure and production […]
By Patrick Schmidt. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Oil, Iraq exported 75.7 million barrels of oil in July. This figure means that an average of 2.5 million barrels were exported per day and would mark a five percent increase in exports since July 2013. Iraq earned $7.74 billion worth of revenue […]
By Patrick Schmidt. A Kurdish oil tanker has arrived at the Croatian port of Omisalj and is preparing to begin offloading its cargo in the coming days. This delivery represents a success for the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in finding a buyer for their crude following legal threats from Baghdad. These threats have previously deterred […]
By Patrick M. Schmidt. In statements made to the Financial Times, Turkish officials have encouraged the United States to allow American businesses to import Kurdish oil. They argued that the United States should support the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) economically as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS) has been able to directly […]
By Patrick Schmidt. On Monday, August 11, Axeon Specialty Products announced that they would no longer accept any shipments of crude oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The tanker Minerva Joy arrived at a New Jersey port with the intention of delivering their cargo to Axeon; however, the tanker has not offloaded any of […]
The KRG's Ministry of Natural Resources has said it attaches the highest priority to the safety and security of all oil industry workers and their operations in the Kurdistan Region. MNR remains in constant contact with KRG security forces regarding the deterioration of security on the Region’s borders and it continues to share all relevant […]
By Patrick M Schmidt. Despite the ongoing violence in the north of Iraq, the southern half of the country has remained relatively peaceful over the past few months, especially in the southern city of Basra. Crude output for southern oilfields remains at about 3.15 million barrels of oil per day. The Iraqi government estimates that […]
By John Lee. Axeon Specialty Products said on Friday that it received a cargo of crude oil from of Kurdistan's Shaikan oilfield in June, despite the Iraqi government's attempts to block independent exports of crude by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The oil was delivered to the company's refinery in Paulsboro, New Jersey (pictured). A […]
By John Lee. Iraq has exported 75.8 million barrels of crude oil in July Shipments averaged 2.442 million bpd, bringing in revenues of $7.8 billion at an average price of $102.8 per barrel. (Source: Ministry of Oil)
By Patrick M Schmidt. For over a week, the oil pipeline from Kurdistan to Turkish port facilities has been shut off. Government officials have stated that all the available storage tanks are full of Kurdish oil and remain in holding for when shipment continues. "The flow has stopped. It's been around a week. The tanks […]
