Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

Canada’s Shamaran is planning to install two 10,000 b/d early production facilities (EPF) in its bid to boost production...

London listed Gulf Keystone (GKP), which operates Iraqi Kurdistan’s 32,000 b/d Shaikan field (80%, MOL 20%) is putting its...

Once Iraq’s largest refinery, war-damaged Baiji has restarted after four years offline. It will help ameliorate Iraq’s chronic products shortfall and facilitate production increases at Kirkuk. But ongoing instability means another lengthy shutdown is just an attack away.

With Iraqi Kurdistan set for parliamentary elections on 30 September, politicians can at least point to a modest rebound in crude output this year. Several small producers are outperforming, whilst Chevron and Rosneft are advancing development plans. But revenues remain well below 2017 levels.

Q2 saw rare good news for Canadian minnow Oryx’s portfolio in Iraqi Kurdistan. The firm has struggled with geological...

Norway-based DNO is ever-more bullish on prospects for its Peshkabir field. It is also moving forward on drilling on the Baeshiqa block it shares with ExxonMobil.

With regularized payments from its stake in the prolific Tawke license, Genel is set to begin talks with the KRG to decouple oil and gas development at Bina Bawi field.

Norway’s DNO announced this week that a fourth well at Peshkabir oil field in its Tawke license was brought...

Fast-track development of the DNO-operated Peshkabir field in Iraqi Kurdistan is running ahead of schedule. The Norwegian firm announced...