Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) this morning announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2014. HIGHLIGHTS Operational 2014 gross production of 6,484,391 barrels of oil (2013: 496,921 barrels of oil) with significant growth expected in 2015 Gulf Keystone's operations in the Kurdistan Region remained secure with production operations and crude oil export deliveries from […]
By John Lee. Share in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), operator of the Shaikan field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, gained 20 percent on Wednesday as the company announced that it has resumed production and truck loading operations at both its production facilities (PF-1 and -2), in line with the pre-payment of US$ 26 million […]
By John Lee. Following yesterday's gain of 55 percent on the announcement of a possible takeover, shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were down 7 percent on Thursday morning. The company has confirmed receipt into its bank account of a further US$26 million [30 billion Iraqi dinars] gross payment (US$20.8 million net to Gulf Keystone) constituting […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), operator of the Shaikan field (pictured) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, jumped 65 percent on Wednesday after the company announced that it has recently engaged in discussions with a number of parties in relation to possible asset transactions or a sale of the company. GKP […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were down 10 percent on Friday morning, after it announced the suspension of crude oil exports by truck from Iraqi Kurdistan. The company said it remains in a dialogue with the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources ("MNR"), in order to receive the outstanding payments […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone Petroleum has announced that the existing Shaikan production facilities ("PF-1" and "PF-2") are now producing from seven wells with Shaikan-8 expected to come online in January 2015. Total daily production has been gradually increasing since early December 2014, reaching the Company's 40,000 gross barrels of oil per day target on […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) closed up more than 16 percent up on Tuesday, after the company issued an update on its operations at Shaikan, its key producing asset in Iraqi Kurdistan. The shares had been languishing at new lows earlier in the week, having lost more than three-quarters of their […]
UK Consul General Angus McKee visited Gulf Keystone's production facility at the Shaikan oil field on Wednesday, where he was given a tour by company officials. He viewed the production processes, control room and loading of tankers for onward transportation. Following the visit, McKee said: "Kurdistan Region's oil industry is a real success story, and […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) has announced that, further to the recent statement by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) regarding payment to producers for crude oil exports, an initial payment of USD 15 million (17.5 billion Iraqi dinars) gross has been made to the company. Gulf […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) has given an update this morning on its operations at Shaikan, its key producing asset. Shares in the company are up more than 70 percent from their low in October. The Company is on track to complete all remaining work in order to achieve 40,000 gross barrels of […]
By John Lee. Sharess in Gulf Keystone Petroleum surged as much as 10 percent by lunchtime on Wednesday, after teh company issued an update on the its operations at Shaikan, its key producing asset: The Company remains focused on achieving the target of 40,000 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") of production capacity from the […]
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 […]
