Iraq
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October 10, 2024
Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has cut its oil production by half upon request from Baghdad, as the second-largest producer in OPEC tries to meet its output quota.
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June 12, 2024
Wood will provide front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed design, procurement support, and construction and commissioning assistance for the first phase of the Associated Gas Upstream Project, part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP) in Southern Iraq.
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May 12, 2024
Asked if Iraq would agree to extend the production cuts, Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani told reporters, “No, I think Iraq has cut enough and will not agree to any other cut.” It wasn’t clear if he was referring to an extension or a deeper cut.
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April 03, 2024
OPEC’s second-biggest producer pumped 4.17 MMbpd last month, 30,000 bpd less than in February. While that’s Iraq’s lowest output level this year, it’s still about 170,000 bbl more than pledged as the alliance curbs production to prop up the market.
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February 13, 2024
This year, net production in the North Sea is projected at 15,000-16,000 boepd; the bolt-on acquisition of a 25% stake in the producing UK field Arran will add another 2,000-2,500 boepd once completed. In Kurdistan, DNO expects gross operated production at the Tawke license to continue to average 80,000 boepd.
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January 18, 2024
For the first thirty wells in the project, Vallourec will supply in aggregate 15,000 tonnes of VAM of various tubes and connections, using the highest quality steel grades, from its Brazilian and European plants. Deliveries will start in 2024.
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December 20, 2023
Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO ASA has announced a continued rise in gross production from its Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with the December average approaching 90,000 barrels of oil per day.
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December 08, 2023
WesternZagros, a privately held American company with offices in Calgary, Canada, and Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has officially become a member of APIKUR.
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November 13, 2023
West Qurna 1 is located in southern Iraq and has recoverable reserve estimates of over 20 Bbbl, making the oil field on of the largest in the world.
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August 17, 2023
DNO restarted production at Tawke last month, and production is averaging about 40,000 bpd, according to a company statement. DNO said it had restarted the field to conduct well integrity tests and maintained output due to strong local demand.
News
April 05, 2023
Signed in September 2021, the GGIP is a key strategic project that involves investing approximately $10 billion to design and construct facilities for recovering significant volumes of otherwise flared gas throughout the Basra region and supplying such recovered gas to power stations.
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March 31, 2023
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. will become the latest oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan to cut production, as a legal spat between the region’s government and Baghdad that’s pushed up crude prices drags on.
News
March 27, 2023
The ministry “will discuss mechanisms for exporting Iraqi oil through [Turkey’s] Ceyhan port with the concerned authorities in the Kurdistan region” as well as with Turkey, in a manner that guarantees exports will be sustained and international commitments met.
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March 23, 2023
DNO reported that cumulative oil production from its Peshkabir field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has broken through the 100 MMbbl milestone less than six years after startup. The field was initially estimated to contain proven and probable reserves of 75 MMbbl commingled with associated gas.
News
March 20, 2023
Abdul Ghani said his country, OPEC’s second largest producer, plans to boost crude oil production to between 5-6 MMbpd or more, while adhering to OPEC’s limits, without further explanation about the timings to do so.
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February 22, 2023
The government expects oil output to increase by 250,000 bpd once the blocks covered by the agreements start producing, Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani said on local television on Tuesday.
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December 19, 2022
In Oman, three rigs have been extended for a total of seven years of work. Additionally, KCA Deutag’s Kenera business unit will provide a grid container for rig T-899. Elsewhere, the T63 has mobilized to drill two wells, with two more optional wells, for a client in Kurdistan.
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November 27, 2022
Iraq, OPEC’s second largest producer, plans to start increasing oil export capacity from its southern ports from next year to add a total of 1 million to 1.5 million barrels a day by 2025, according to its OPEC delegate.
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April 18, 2022
Iraq’s cabinet may reactivate a deal with Halliburton Co. to drill wells in a western gas field in Akkas next month, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told local media.
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March 31, 2022
Iraq’s government has told Kurdistan to transfer its oil and gas activities to a new company ahead of Baghdad’s takeover of the region’s operations, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.
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February 22, 2022
Iraq is in talks with Halliburton Co. and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to carry out oil and gas developments in the west of the country.
