Exploration News in Iraq
| 2/14/2009 - Iraq has proposed to sweeten the terms of the service contract it is offering to international oil firms to boost output at its biggest producing oilfields. The following lists some of the changes in ... |
| 9/26/2008 - Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani yesterday signed a series of ground-breaking agreements with the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC). These finalize a set of earlier prel... |
| 5/20/2008 - Niko Resources announced that as operator for a consortium, it has entered into its first Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") with the Kurdistan Regional Government for the exploration, development an... |
| 5/12/2008 - Oil Search Limited signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the 632 square kilometre Shakal Block with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. The Shakal Block lies in the southeastern ... |
| 11/30/2007 - Tawke # 1 Test Results The Tawke # 1 discovery well was drilled at the Tawke structure during the spring of 2006. During the initial testing of the well a flow rate of 5,000 bopd from on... |
| 11/8/2007 - Reliance Industries Limited has executed two Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) covering petroleum exploration activities in the Rovi and Sarta Blocks in the Kur... |
| 11/6/2007 - OMV strengthens its E&P core region Middle East with its entry into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On November 6, 2007 OMV's 100% subsidiary OMV Petroleum Exploration GmbH signed as operator two produc... |
| 5/16/2007 - DNO ASA will begin delivering oil from the Tawke discovery in northern Iraq this month, less than two years after it first began drilling in the region. The Oslo-based company started drilling in the ... |
| 3/29/2007 - Tawke # 5 was successfully drilled as an oil producer on the Tawke Field and is located some 1.1 km east of the Tawke # 4 well. After the well reached total depth, the well was completed as an ... |
| 2/21/2007 - Calibre Energy announced that the Bina-Bawi 1 exploration well was at a depth of 3,355 meters (11,007 feet) and has completed logging the lower part of the hole. Earlier in the drilling of the Bina-Ba... |
| 12/7/2006 - Calibre Energy, Inc., announced the Bina-Bawi-1 exploration well was at a depth of 2,112 meters (6,929 feet) and has completed running 9 5/8" casing and is currently drilling ahead to a total depth es... |
| 11/14/2006 - DNO ASA released a status report on the Company's operations in Northern Iraq. Tawke # 2 was drilled as an appraisal well of the Tawke oil discovery. The well is located some 2 km to the west of Tawke... |
| 9/13/2006 - Petrel Resources announced a strategic partnership and cooperation agreement with ITOCHU Corporation. The strategic partnership will cover future exploration and development activities in the Iraqi oi... |
| 4/9/2006 - Iraq announced the discovery Saturday of oil reserves in the mountainous Kurdish region of Zakho, close to its border with Turkey. "We have discovered oil at Zakho, 470 kilometers (292 miles) north of... |
| 1/31/2006 - Tawke # 1 was spudded on 28th November 2005. Following the influx of oil under pressure at the top of the first prospective reservoir interval at approximately 350 meters (reported on 22 December 2005... |
| 10/5/2005 - Petrel has signed a Framework of Case Study on the Merjan Block with the Oil Exploration Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. The Merjan Block is a 300 km2 area surrounding the Merjan oil field, whic... |
| 7/12/2005 - Iraq is planning to issue new tenders by the end of the year for contracts to develop 11 southern oil fields in a bid to increase production by 3 million barrels a day, an oil official said Monday. Sp... |
| 1/15/2005 - The Ministry of Oil in Iraq has awarded a contract for the execution of an integrated reservoir study for the Kirkuk field to Exploration Consultants Limited (ECL). Shell Exploration Company B.V. ("Sh... |
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