Drilling News in Iraq
| 9/13/2022 - The technical and engineering staff of Iraqi Drilling Company drill Zubair/551 well in the Zubair Oilfield in Basra Province. The Director General of IDC, Bassim Abdul-Kareem Nassir, said that the tec... |
| 7/25/2022 - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. (“ShaMaran” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SNM) (Nasdaq First North Growth Market (Sweden): SNM) announces this Atrush operations update: Drilling operations have commenc... |
| 7/21/2022 - The technical and engineering staff of Iraqi Drilling Company have completed drilling al-Nassiriya oil well (48) in the Nasiriyah oil field. The Director General of IDC, Eng. Basem Abdul- Kareem Nasse... |
| 1/4/2022 - Genel Energy has announced that drilling operations on the QD-2 well at Qara Dagh (40% working interest and operator) have been suspended. As previously stated, the well had been side-track... |
| 3/16/2020 - The Company has been closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Gulf Keystone's priority is the welfare of its staff, contractors and the communities clo... |
| 10/22/2019 - Genel Energy has announced the signing of a contract with Parker Drilling for the drilling of the QD-2 well on the Qara Dagh field (Genel 40% working interest, operator), in the Kurdistan Region of Ir... |
| 9/11/2019 - Dhi Qar Oil Company signed a contract to drill 20 wells in the field of Nasiriyah. In accordance with the directives of Mr. Thamer Ghadhban, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and the Minister o... |
| 3/25/2019 - Global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has been awarded $54M of new contracts on the back of strong tendering activity in its land drilling business. These contracts are for drilling op... |
| 2/7/2019 - LUKOIL commenced drilling of new production wells at West Qurna-2 field as part of the second development phase. The company has so far concluded contracts to drill 57 production wells, including 54 w... |
| 1/31/2019 - Iraq’s Basra Oil Co has agreed a deal with state-run Iraq Drilling Co to drill 40 new oil wells in the giant southern Majnoon field, the Oil Ministry said. ... |
| 12/26/2018 - Halliburton Company has signed two contracts with Eni Iraq BV (Eni) to provide integrated drilling services at Eni’s Zubair Oil Field in Southern Iraq. Under the contracts, Halliburton will mobilize f... |
| 12/19/2018 - Iraq has agreed a deal with U.S. company Schlumberger Ltd to drill 40 wells in the giant Majnoon oilfield, the Oil Ministry said. ... |
| 11/27/2018 - Iraq has approved a $165.74 million drilling deal with China’s Bohai Drilling Engineering Co. for the West Qurna Two oilfield, two Iraqi oil officials said. ... |
| 8/27/2018 - The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an Iraqi company for carrying out drilling operations and repair oil wells in Basra and Az Zubeir oilfi... |
| 4/12/2018 - Zhongman Petroleum and British Petroleum Corporation’s Iraq Branch signed an integrated drilling service contract for 15 wells in the Iraqi Rumaila Oilfield. The contract amount is worth approximately... |
| 2/19/2018 - U.S. oil company Chevron Corp said it had resumed drilling operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KRI). “Chevron can confirm that it has resumed its activities in the KRI and we have restarted dr... |
| 10/24/2017 - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. reports that operations in the Atrush field in Kurdistan are continuing in a normal, safe and secure manner. Exports from Atrush are continuing via the Kurdistan Export Pipeli... |
| 9/19/2017 - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. has commenced drilling operations on the Chiya Khere ("CK-7") appraisal and development well in the Atrush Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. CK-7 is located in the centra... |
| 7/10/2017 - DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, announced resumption of appraisal drilling at the Peshkabir discovery on the Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq following extended testing of th... |
| 7/10/2017 - Mr. Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-Luiebi the minister of oil confirmed on the keenness of the ministry of oil to develop the associated oil fields with the neighbor countries and the work to invest them perfe... |
