9/11/2012 - DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and Gas Company, announced that the Benenan-3 well currently drilling in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has encountered movable oil in the Bekhme formation at a ... |
8/10/2012 - Gulf Keystone announces that Gulf Keystone Petroleum International Limited (Operator), Kalegran Ltd. and Texas Keystone Inc., collectively being the Contractor under the Production Sharing Contract re... |
7/19/2012 - Gulf Keystone will hold the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in line with the Notice of the 2012 AGM dated 22 June 2012. ... |
7/17/2012 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has completed the remediation work at its Sarqala-1 producing oil well and is preparing to test the promising Shiranish reservoir in the Kurdamir-2 well. WesternZagros als... |
7/16/2012 - Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and a consortium of companies, including Dragon Oil, initialled t... |
7/15/2012 - Iraq signed an initial gas exploration contract with Pakistan Petroleum as part of its push to attract more foreign investment to develop its energy sector following years of war and sanctions. The co... |
7/5/2012 - DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and Gas Company, provides a drilling and operations update on its activities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as follows: ... |
7/5/2012 - Oil Search reports that the Taza 1 well, located in the Taza PSC in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), commenced drilling on 3 July 2012. As at 06:00 hours KRI time on 5 July, the well was at a depth... |
7/5/2012 - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. is pleased to provide an operational update on the Atrush and Taza blocks. ... |
6/29/2012 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an operational update on drilling operations at the Kurdamir-2 well and on remediation efforts at the Sarqala-1 well. ... |
6/29/2012 - Iraq will sign initial contracts in July with three foreign companies that won deals to explore oil and gas blocks as it looks to attract more foreign investment to develop its energy sector following... |
6/19/2012 - The White House confirmed that President Barack Obama received a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to intervene to stop Exxon Mobil from proceeding with a deal with the Kurdistan region... |
6/18/2012 - Iraq is planning to hold a fifth licensing auction for exploration blocks by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2013 after its last round failed to attract many companies, a top energy adviso... |
6/11/2012 - DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company, holds its Annual General Meeting in Oslo. A presentation updating operations will be made by Managing Director Helge Eide and is attached to t... |
5/31/2012 - Iraq's fourth energy auction ended with few foreign investors tendering bids after a disappointing showing that could force Baghdad to ease tough contract terms to lure more oil explorers into a new b... |
5/30/2012 - Kuwait Energy, one of the fastest growing independent oil and gas companies in the Middle East, announced that a consortium led by the company was awarded the exploration and development contract of “... |
5/29/2012 - The Ber Bahr 1 well has now completed drilling and initial testing. The well was drilled to 3933m in the Chia Zairi formation. The well encountered a 300m-oil column in the Jurassic with matrix porosi... |
5/28/2012 - Iraq will auction 12 new oil and gas exploration blocks this week in a fourth energy bidding round, as it seeks the rapid expansion of a sector vital to its economy, but tough contract terms mean Bagh... |
5/28/2012 - Gulf Keystone, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2011. ... |
5/25/2012 - Gulf Keystone is pleased to announce that the Sheikh Adi-2 exploration well spudded on the Sheikh Adi block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Sheikh Adi block is located immediately to the west of ... |