Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

Iraq is making considerable progress in reducing its electricity supply shortfall but negotiations to purchase 1GW from Kurdistan have stalled. Despite recent gains Baghdad remains reliant on imports of both power and gas from Iran, a dependency that looks set to stay.

KDP candidate Nechirvan Barzani was elected president of the KRG this week, securing 68 votes in the region’s 111-seat...

Canadian independent Shamaran announced on 31 May that the buyout of US firm Marathon’s 15% stake in the 32,000...

Russia’s Rosneft announced in its Q1 results this week that “experimental production started at the Bijeel field at Block...

Canada’s Shamaran confirmed in its Q1 results on 8 May that the Heavy oil extended well test (HOEWT) began...

Oslo-listed DNO saw output from its Tawke block (75%op; Anglo-Turkish Genel 25%) decline slightly in Q1, as gains from...

Prospects for development of Genel’s gas fields in Iraqi Kurdistan got pushed back again this week. Genel and the...

Gas Plus Khalakan (GPK) suspended operations at its Shewashan oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan last year and has now...

Anglo-Turkish firm Genel announced this week that output from its Taq Taq field in Iraqi Kurdistan had risen to...