DNO International has announced that that its deep Tawke-17 well tested 1,500 bpd from an Upper Jurassic reservoir in the Tawke oilfield in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Exploration & Production
Pathfinder signs exclusive deal with OGIF for Morocco gas blocks
Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures Limited has signed an exclusive option agreement with Oil and Gas Investments Funds (OGIF) to farm into the eight gas exploration blocks comprising the Tendrara Lakbir Licence Area onshore Morocco
Kuwait to ‘drill for heavy oil’
Kuwait has revealed plans to start drilling for heavy oil so that the Arab state can produce up to 60,000 bpd by 2017, according to an official from the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company
Oman to award six onshore oil blocks for development
The Oman government has announced that it is in advanced stages of negotiations with international oil companies for the awarding of six onshore oil and gas blocks for development on a production sharing basis
Otis Energy and Mitsui E&P Middle East sign Yemen Block 7 deal
Otis Energy Limited has signed an agreement with Mitsui E&P Middle East BV for the latter to get an 8.5 per cent working interest in Yemen’s Block 7