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By Julianne Geiger for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq And Kurdistan Close To Deal On Oil Exports Baghdad and Erbil are set to reach an agreement over crude oil exports from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region within the next […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were trading down more than seven percent on Thursday morning, after it issued an update on operational and corporate activity and 2023 guidance following the shut-in of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline on 25 March 2023. Jon Harris, Gulf Keystone's Chief Executive Officer, said: "Gulf Keystone was on […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani (pictured), visited the East Baghdad oil field in Nahrawan and Suwayrah regions, expressing a commitment to increase crude oil production and invest in associated gas. The field currently produces 30,000 barrels per day, with a peak production goal of 40,000 barrels per day under the 2018 […]
By John Lee. Oil prices surged on Monday after several producers, including Iraq, announced an unexpected cut in production. Iraq's Ministry of Oil said it has voluntarily decided to reduce production by 211,000 barrels per day (bpd), starting from May, and continuring until the end of 2023. According to BBC, Saudi Arabia is reducing output […]
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) is providing an update on its announcement dated 27 March 2023 regarding the shut-in of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline on 25 March 2023 and suspension of exports. GKP announces that it expects to shut-in production processed at Production Facility 1 ("PF-1") today [Friday], while production flowing into Production Facility 2 ("PF-2") will […]
By John Lee. Following the suspension of oil exports from Iraq via pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, a statement from the Turkish Ministry of Energy claims that the court ordered Iraq to pay compensation to Turkey. This appears to contradict previous reports which said that Turkiye was ordered to pay around $1.5 billion […]
By Charles Kennedy for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Oil Prices Climb As Iraq's Dispute With Kurdistan Escalates An oil dispute between the Iraqi government and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region that also involves Turkey has escalated this week, pushing […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that it has started an orderly shutdown of its operated oil fields in the Kurdistan region of Iraq four days after it was instructed to temporarily cease deliveries to the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline destined for the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan following an arbitration ruling in favor […]
By John Lee. Following the arbitration ruling that has stopped oil exports from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the oil companies affected have issued statements to the markets on the situation. Genel Energy, which has interests in the Tawke, Taq Taq and Sarta fields, said that public statements made by both the Federal Iraq Ministry […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported that cumulative oil production from its Peshkabir field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has broken through the 100 million-barrel milestone less than six years after startup. The field was initially estimated to contain proven and probable reserves of 75 million barrels of oil commingled […]
As part of the KRG's drive to promote transparency, Deloitte have been commissioned to produce an audited report detailing oil and gas exports, production costs, and revenues for the fourth quarter of 2022. The report, which analyzes the oil and gas industry on a quarterly basis, is now available as a PDF. Click here to […]
Genel Energy has issued the following trading and operations update in advance of the Company's full-year 2022 results, which are scheduled for release on 22 March 2023. The information contained herein has not been audited and may be subject to further review. Paul Weir (pictured), Chief Executive of Genel, said: "Genel starts 2023 with a […]
