By John Lee. Baghdad and Erbil have agreed a deal to resume oil exports from northern Iraq. Exports of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk had been suspended since last week after a ruling from the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration that Turkiye can not allow exports from the autonomous region by pipeline to […]
By Ragip Soylu for Middle East Eye. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 'Hollow victory': Iraq is not really a winner in the Turkey oil arbitration case Ankara is likely to pay only a few hundred million dollars to Iraq, which […]
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 […]
By John Lee. Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan were suspended on Saturday after a ruling that Turkiye can not allow exports from the autonomous region by pipeline to the port of Ceyhan (pictured). The Paris-based International Court of Arbitration, which operates under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), found that Turkiye was […]
TotalEnergies has completed the divestment of its 18-percent interest in the onshore Sarsang oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, to ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., a company listed in Canada and Sweden and focused on oil exploration and development in Kurdistan, for a firm consideration of $ 155 million. An additional contingent consideration of USD […]
By John Lee. The Minister of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has filed a civil suit against the Baghdad Minister of Oil, accusing him of sending emails and letters with the intention of intimidating international oil companies (IOCs) and interfering with the contractual rights of the IOCs and the KRG. The KRG […]
ShaMaran Petroleum has released its financial and operating results and related management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021. Dr. Adel Chaouch, President and Chief Executive Officer of ShaMaran, commented: "2021 has been a transformational year for ShaMaran. The Company generated the highest annual oil sales revenues in […]
By John Lee. ShaMaran Petroleum has announce that the Atrush block in Iraqi Kurdistan has surpassed the cumulative oil production milestone of 50 million barrels since its first oil in July 2017. Dr. Adel Chaouch, President and Chief Executive Officer of ShaMaran, commented: "This significant operational achievement is noteworthy as the production milestone has been […]
By John Lee. ShaMaran Petroleum has announced that it has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of French major TotalEnergies S.E. to acquire its affiliate (TEPKRI Sarsang A/S) holding an 18% non-operated participating interest in the Sarsang Production Sharing Contract in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an initial consideration of USD 155 million plus […]
By John Lee. ShaMaran Petroleum has reported in connection with the Company's 12% senior unsecured bonds due 2023 (ISIN: NO 001082645.6) that the Company has purchased Bonds in the market at commercially attractive rates. As a result, Bonds in the principal amount of $4.95 million have been retired. The Company's Bond amortization payment due in […]
ShaMaran Petroleum has announced that the January 2021 interest payment due on its 12% senior unsecured bonds due 2023 (ISIN: NO 001082645.6) has been timely made to all Bondholders. In addition, ShaMaran said the Atrush field total cumulative crude oil production has exceeded 40 million barrels. The Atrush field is located 85 km northwest of […]
By John Lee. According to Bloomberg Law, a group of bondholders of Shamaran Petroleum has reportedly appointed restructuring specialists Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to advise on ongoing debt talks. ShaMaran Petroleum said last week that that it continues to examine alternatives to address a breach of financial covenant and liquidity shortfall, and […]
