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New Agreements "Confirm the New Oil Market Order"

By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Three New China-Russia-Iran and Iraq Agreements Confirm The New Oil Market Order The last week or so has seen a flurry of major cooperation agreements - including in energy, security, […]

GKP cancels Divi, Names New Chair of Board

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) provided an update on operational and corporate activity and the Company's upcoming 2023 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") on Monaday: Operational & Corporate Update Following the shut-in of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline on 25 March 2023, production from the Shaikan Field remains shut-in. The suspension of exports has resulted in a gross production […]

Production Re-Starts at Qayara Oil Field

By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, has announced the restart of production, loading, and export operations from the Qayyarah oil field in Nineveh Governorate. The field has a capacity of 33,000 barrels per day (bpd). Tankers and rail will be used for transportation. Around 30,000 bpd will be exported to the ports […]

Iraq And Kurdistan "Close To Deal On Oil Exports"

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 […]

GKP Shares Fall after Update on Production

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 […]

Chinese Firm to Double Production at East Baghdad Oil Field

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 […]

Iraq and others to Reduce Oil Production; Oil Prices Surge

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 […]

Update on Shaikan Oil Production

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 […]

Turkiye claims Baghdad must Compensate Ankara in Oil Dispute

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 […]

DNO Starts Shutdown of its Kurdistan Oil Fields

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 […]

Oil Companies in Kurdistan comment on Court Ruling

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 […]