1. Pipeline Closure Brings KRG Oil Sector To Standstill

    ...CLINE         Kurdistan’s independent oil sector had been growing increasingly ragged in recent years. The late-2014 oil price collapse dealt a fatal blow to many oil exploration and development projects, while Baghdad’s move to reclaim oil fields around Kirkuk following the KRG’s controversial 2017 in...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023
  2. Oman Offers Three Blocks In New Bid Round

    ...: TIGHT GAS PLAY               Until recently, the 1,400km2 Block 15 was operated by local firm Hydrocarbon Finder, which drilled two wells in 2017. These produced approximately 44,000 barrels during an extended well test. The firm said that its first exploration well, Ataya-1, was successfully dr...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023
  3. Mauritania Exploration: Down To Four Blocks As Shell Concentrates Focus, Plans Wildcat

    ...analysis reiterated by the Mauritanian officials. This is perhaps not surprising given that the block surrounds the only Mauritanian oil field ever to have reached production – Chinguetti, which briefly produced 70,000 b/d following 2006 start-up before output rapidly declined and halted in 2017...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023
  4. Adnoc Partners With BPFor Transformative Israel Entry

    ...the new vertical. From May 2017 until January 2021 Mr Kaabi served as CEO of Mubadala’s Petroleum and Petrochemicals division, which through various subsidiaries including Mubadala Energy had established a global upstream energy presence. Shortly after Mr Kaabi moved to another role within Mu...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023