Drilling News in Iraq
| 8/25/2009 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration company, provides a drilling update on the Shaikan-1 exploration well operated by Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (50% GKP, 5... |
| 5/11/2009 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the Company has commenced drilling its second wildcat exploration well, Kurdamir-1, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Total depth for Kurdamir-1 is p... |
| 2/11/2009 - Iraq's South Oil Company on 11 February 2009 issued tenders for international firms to drill a total of 40 oil wells in two of its southern oil fields. A statement posted on the company's website invi... |
| 12/22/2008 - Heritage Oil Limited, an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has commenced drilling the Miran West-1 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This is the first expl... |
| 11/6/2008 - Addax Petroleum Corporation today announces the successful appraisal of the Eocene Pila Spi formation in the Taq Taq field with the TT-11 appraisal and development well. The TT-11 well was recently dr... |
| 10/30/2008 - Heritage Oil Limited, an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has contracted Great Wall Drilling Company Ltd. to supply a rig to drill the Miran West-1 exploratio... |
| 10/9/2008 - Oil Search reports that the Shakal-1 well commenced drilling on 4 October. As at 0600 Iraqi time (-7 hrs AEST) on 8 October, the well was at a depth of 21 meters and drilling ahead in a 30” hole. <... |
| 4/1/2008 - Tawke PSC area: The Tawke # 12 well was drilled to a total depth of 2.753 meters. The well tested approximately 9 000 bopd aggregated from two tests in the Cretaceous interval. The flow rates a... |
| 2/15/2008 - Tawke wells: The Tawke # 12 well was previously drilled to the top of the Cretaceous reservoir section using one of the larger drilling rigs, and thereafter temporarily abandoned. The well was ... |
| 1/17/2008 - Tawke Wells:Following testing of Tawke # 1 which delivered a maximum flow rate of 23,000 bopd aggregated from three tests, the carrier rig re-entered Tawke # 2 for final completion. The rig has... |
| 8/22/2007 - As previously reported, two drilling rigs are currently operating on the Tawke Field for production and appraisal drilling. Both rigs have been drilling wells (Tawke #5A and Tawke #8) targeting the de... |
| 9/18/2006 - Tawke operations Following the testing of the discovery well Tawke # 1 in June 2006 a twin well, Tawke # 1A, was drilled at a location some 20 meters from the discovery well. The main o... |
| 6/12/2006 - A maximum flow rate of approximately 5,000 barrels of oil per day of good quality oil was achieved during testing of Tawke # 1 in Kurdistan. The flow rate was restricted by well equipment. Based on th... |
| 5/15/2006 - Genel Enerji A.S. and Addax Petroleum Corporation announced the commencement of drilling activities in their first jointly operated well in the Taq Taq License Area in the Kurdistan Region of Northern... |
| 4/11/2006 - DNO has released an update on the preliminary evaluation results and forward plans for the Tawke Area in Northern Iraq. The well data acquired to date have been reviewed and evaluated. Interpretations... |
| 12/22/2005 - The first well within DNO's PSA's located in the Kurdish area of Northern Iraq, Tawke # 1 has encountered movable oil at the top of the first prospective reservoir interval. Tawke # 1, which was spudd... |
| 11/29/2005 - DNO announced that commencement of drilling of its first well within the Kurdish Region of Northern Iraq has been confirmed. The well named Tawke # 1 has now been spudded and is planned to be drilled ... |
| 5/17/2004 - Los Angeles, California – May 17, 2004 – Sonoran Energy, Inc. President and CEO Peter Ostenfeld-Rosenthal announced today that the Company has submitted bids for two addition Iraqi oilfield contracts.... |
| 5/7/2004 - Sonoran Energy, Inc has submitted an application for two drilling and completion contracts to Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP). The drilling contracts include the completion of 60 wells, a... |
