Drilling News in Iraq
| 7/14/2010 - Vast Exploration Inc. is pleased to provide the following progress update on the Qara Dagh - 1 Exploration Well, Qara Dagh Block, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ... |
| 7/6/2010 - Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) and its Iraqi state partner are in the process of awarding a deal to drill new oil wells at Iraq's super giant Majnoon oil field in southern Iraq, the head of Iraq's state... |
| 6/23/2010 - Gulf Keystone reports an update on the Bijeel-1 exploration well operated by MOL subsidiary, Kalegran Limited.
The Bijeel-1 exploration well has encountered more than 400 meters of potential hydrocar... |
| 6/14/2010 - Vast Exploration Inc is pleased to provide the following progress update on the Qara Dagh - 1 Exploration Well, Qara Dagh Block, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ... |
| 6/10/2010 - Sterling, the AIM listed independent oil & gas exploration and production company with interests in Africa and the Middle East, is pleased to provide the following update on its activities: ... |
| 5/12/2010 - Vast Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling activities have now commenced in Kurdistan where the first exploration well has been spudded, Qara Dagh Well No.1. Drilling is expected to ta... |
| 4/20/2010 - The initial development plan agreed by Royal Dutch Shell, Malaysian partner Petronas and Iraqi oil officials includes inviting oil service firms to drill 15 new wells, Iraqi oil official said. ... |
| 4/13/2010 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has commenced drilling the sidetrack hole on the Kurdamir-1 well, which has now reached 2989 metres. The Company now plans to drill through the Aaliji interval to approxim... |
| 4/7/2010 - Heritage Oil Plc, an independent upstream exploration and production company, issues an update on drilling of the Miran West-2 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (“Kurdistan”). ... |
| 3/1/2010 - TPIC, the foreign exploration unit of state-run Turkish Petroleum, has won a $318 million contract to drill 45 wells in Iraq's supergiant Rumaila oilfield, a senior Iraqi oil official said. ... |
| 2/18/2010 - Iraq, along with British oil major BP Plc and its Chinese partner CNPC, have invited 10 firms to drill 56 new wells in the supergiant Rumaila oilfield, an Iraqi official said. ... |
| 2/9/2010 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on the progress made at its Kurdamir-1 exploration well. The 8 1/2 inch hole has been successfully drilled to a depth of 4077m and has pene... |
| 2/2/2010 - Sterling, the AIM listed oil & gas exploration and production company with interests in Africa and the Middle East, is pleased to announce the Sangaw North-1 exploration well was spud on 1st February ... |
| 1/4/2010 - Sterling, an AIM listed independent oil & gas exploration and production company with interests in Africa and the Middle East, is pleased to provide the following update on its activities: ... |
| 12/15/2009 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. announces that, as informed by the Operator to the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ("Kurdistan"), the Bijeel-1 well was spudded on Friday 11t... |
| 11/27/2009 - The state-run Iraq Drilling Company plans to drill 180 oil wells in 2010, and will be able to drill more than 250 new wells every year from 2011 onwards, the head of the company said. ... |
| 11/26/2009 - Heritage Oil Plc, an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has commenced drilling the Miran West-2 appraisal well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (“Kurdistan”). ... |
| 11/17/2009 - Heritage Oil Plc, an independent upstream exploration and production company, issues its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2009 to 16 November 2009, in accordance with reporting ... |
| 10/6/2009 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. announces an oil discovery in the upper portions of the Triassic section of the Shaikan - 1 exploration well. A short, limited flow test was conducted to determine reservo... |
| 9/30/2009 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has set the intermediate 9-5/8" casing on its Shaikan-1 exploration well operated by Gulf K... |
