Tag Archives | Tawke

DNO: Need Ongoing Revenues to Sustain Operations

By John Lee. DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, set record production levels from the Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq during the second quarter of 2015 with output averaging 153,346 barrels of oil per day (bopd). A total of 118,037 bopd, representing 77 percent of field production, was delivered to […]

DNO Unaffected by Pipeline Disruption

DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, announced that production from its flagship Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq continued uninterrupted during this week's shut down of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey, given the flexibility to redirect volumes from exports to local sales. Prior to the pipeline disruption, Tawke production in the […]

Genel gives Update on Trading and Ops

By John Lee. Genel Energy has issued the following trading and operations update in advance of the Company's half-year 2015 results, which are scheduled for release on 6 August 2015. Tony Hayward, newly-appointed Chairman of Genel, said: "Production has grown rapidly in the first half of the year, increasing 41% year on year, with operational […]

Tawke Oilfield hits new Record Output

DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced a new daily record of 170,000 barrels of oil produced from the Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, of which 30,000 barrels were sold into the local market and the balance allocated for export. Tawke production in the first quarter of 2015 was […]

DNO Doubles Capacity at Tawke

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO today announced the doubling of capacity at its flagship Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to 200,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The 200,000 bopd wellhead, processing and pipeline capacity milestone was reached in less than two years with 10 new horizontal wells and the construction […]

DNO Hits 100m Barrels from Tawke

By John Lee. DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, produced its first 100 million barrels of oil at its flagship Tawke field in February. Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani told a conference in Oslo: "Output will pick up at Tawke this spring with the expansion of the field's capacity to 200,000 barrels per day." A […]

Tawke Oil Field Drives DNO Growth

By John Lee. Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO reported record oil and gas output in 2014, but the results were impacted by one-off impairment charges in the fourth quarter driven in part by the drop in global oil prices. Gross output was up 66 percent last year to 117,482 barrels of oil equivalent per […]

Genel Energy Down 3% on Trading Update

Shares in Genel Energy were down 3 percent on Wednesday morning following the company's trading and operations update in advance of the its full-year 2014 results, which are scheduled for release on 5 March 2015. The information contained herein has not been audited and may be subject to further review: HIGHLIGHTS A combination of low […]

DNO in Kurdistan: "We've Only Just Begun"

By Padraig O'Hannelly. DNO Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani (pictured) has given an upbeat assessment of the company's operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. Addressing CWC's Kurdistan-Iraq Oil & Gas Conference in London last week, he said that the Tawke well was on target to hit a cumulative output of 100-million barrels of oil at some point in the […]

DNO Confirms Payment for Kurdish Oil

By John Lee. DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today confirmed receipt of USD 30 million (36 billion Iraqi dinars) as first payment for oil exported by the Kurdistan Regional Government from the Tawke field during 2014. The payment will be shared by DNO (USD 20.625 million) and partner Genel Energy plc (USD […]

Genel Receives Payment for Kurdish Crude

By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that the Taq Taq field partners have received an initial gross payment of $30 million (35 billion Iraqi dinars) from the Kurdistan Regional Government ('KRG') for oil exported through the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ('KRI')-Turkey pipeline. The Tawke field partners will also receive a $30 million gross payment. […]