DNO International, operator of the Tawke license in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has today issued an update on operations: DNO has completed testing of the Peshkabir-1 well and is preparing to submit a discovery notice pursuant to the terms of the production sharing contract covering the Tawke license. Drilled to a total depth of […]
DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has completed drilling of the Peshkabir-1 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is preparing to test observed oil shows across three potentially producing intervals. Full and sidewall cores suggest a continuous hydrodynamic column within the Cretaceous interval and the […]
Following Sunday's statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government stopping oil exports from the region, Norway's DNO International has issued the following statement: As of 1 April 2012, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has instructed DNO International ASA to halt delivery of that portion of crude oil produced from the […]
Shares in Norwegian oil firm DNO International were up as much as 15% in intraday trading on Wednesday, following the company's announcement that it has stuck oil at its Tawke oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan. Genel Energy, with which it shares the field, was up nearly 5% at one stage before falling back. The full text […]
Following a significant upgrade in the gross reserves of the Tawke oilfield in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Genel Energy plc today announced that it is to embark along with its partners, on a plant and pipeline upgrade which will significantly increase the production capacity of the field. The London-listed Anglo-Turkish company said that the […]
DNO International today [Wednesday] received a second payment of USD 60 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government in respect of oil exports from the Tawke field operated by the Company in northern Iraq. A first payment of USD 103.7 million was received in June 2011. The Company had previously reported temporary reductions in production from […]
Shares in DNO International closed up more than 11% on Wednesday after the company announced strong performance in the second quarter of 2011 with a working interest production of 48,582 barrels of oil per day (bopd), doubling of the reserves at the Tawke field and good financial performance. Sales recognized in the second quarter this […]
Shares in DNO International jumped 8% on Tuesday following its report of a more than doubling of reserves for the Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as a result of a review and assessment by a firm of independent reservoir engineers. The just completed audit of reserves by France’s Beicip Franlab places […]
Reuters reports that Norwegian oil company DNO said it had resolved a long dispute over former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith's middle-man role in a 2004 Iraqi oil deal by paying damages and legal costs as high as $92 million. That compares to the $55 to $75 million in damages DNO estimated last October it would […]
DNO has today presented its Annual Statement of Reserves ("ASR") as of 31.12.2010. The total remaining P50 reserves for DNO as of 31.12.2010 are estimated at 194.2 million barrels of oil equivalents, on a working interest (WI) basis, which represent the commercial reserves, class 1-3, under Norwegian Petroleum Directorate classification. This is an increase of 30% […]
DNO can confirm that export production tests at the Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq commenced on 2 February. At present, the tested volumes are around 10,000 bopd. The technical tests are being conducted in close coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Northern Oil Company to ensure a responsible and […]
Iraqi Kurdistan has not yet started exporting crude oil, despite a reported agreement that exports would resume from 1st February, Iraqi oil ministry sources said on Tuesday. Two top oil ministry officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Platts that there had been no additional oil supplied from two producing fields in the Kurdish region […]
