IRAQ
OMV Hits Trouble On Mala Omar Well
On 15 January OMV suspended work on the first well on its Mala Omar block in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area of northern Iraq, industry sources tell MEES. “There is 700ms of drilling string still left in the well. It’s a mess. Apparently [KRG Natural Resources Minister] Ashti [Hawrami] is furious,” one says. OMV’s Mala Omar woes follow problems with the second well on its Bina Bawi block late last year, where...
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