By John Lee. Canada's Shamaran Petroleum and US's HKN Energy are to aquire Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)'s interest in the Atrush oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan. In a regulatory statement on Monday, TAQA said: "... Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC ("TAQA") has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TAQA International BV, entered into definitive agreements […]
By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has joined the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR), becoming its seventh member. According to a statement from APIKUR: WesternZagros is a privately held American owned company with offices in Calgary, Canada, and in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It has invested over $1 […]
By John Lee. Canadian oil development and exploration company ShaMaran Petroleum has announced that it restarted operations at its Atrush field in Iraqi Kurdistan this week, selling oil to a local refinery via pipeline. In its statement for the nine months nine months ended 30th September, the company said it remains focused on cost control […]
By John Lee. Canadian oil development and exploration company ShaMaran Petroleum has suspended its 2023 guidance due to uncertainties resulting from the closure of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) to Ceyhan, and other challenges in Iraqi Kurdistan. Full statement from ShaMaran Petroleum: ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ("ShaMaran" or the "Company") (TSXV: SNM) and (Nasdaq First North Growth […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
By John Lee. ShaMaran Petroleum has reported that the Atrush Field continues to perform "exceptionally well". Average production for the month of November was 43,360 bopd. The CK-15 well is now online and wells currently are undergoing normal-course maintenance. The Company reiterates its Atrush 2019 average daily production guidance of between 30,000 and 35,000 bopd […]
ShaMaran Petroleum reports that operations in the Atrush field in Kurdistan are continuing in a normal, safe and secure manner. Atrush is currently producing at approximately 27 thousand barrels of oil per day ("bopd") and exports are continuing via the Kurdistan Export Pipeline system. Atrush exports for the month of December averaged 26,163 bopd and […]
ShaMaran Petroleum has announced that drilling operations have commenced on the Chiya Khere ("CK-7") appraisal and development well in the Atrush Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. CK-7 is located in the central area of the Atrush Block approximately 3 kilometres east of the Atrush 2 producing well and 3.5 kilometres west of the […]
By John Lee. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has confirmed that production from the Atrush Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is expected to ramp up towards the 30,000-barrel-per-day project capacity (gross) in 2017. Oil production at Atrush started in July. TAQA is the operator of Atrush and has a 39.9% […]
