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Kurdish Hopes Of Autonomy In New Syria Unravel
...nister Nouri al-Maliki now the frontrunner for the post (MEES, 16 January), Iraqis are experiencing a sense of déjà vu, drawing an uneasy parallel with 2014, when ISIS fighters swept across the country under his watch, seizing Anbar province, Mosul and large swathes of territory. For now, incumbent Pr...
Volume: 68Issue: 23Published at Fri, 23 Jan 2026 -
Kuwait Upstream Capacity Tops 3mn B/d
...nagement between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (MEES, 24 October 2014). For Kuwait to generate 350,000 b/d capacity from the PNZ by 2035, gross capacity will have to rise to a record 700,000 b/d. Appraisal work to potentially unlock new reserves at both Khafji and Wafra has been carried out to enable this. As...
Volume: 68Issue: 05Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2025 -
KRG: Genel Finalizing Taq Taq Exit
...Genel Energy says it has agreed terms with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government for exiting the Taq Taq PSC, noting that this will “remove the risk of any residual decommissioning liabilities.” Taq Taq was the largest IOC-operated field in Kurdistan in 2014 with 103,000 b/d output, peaking at 11...
Volume: 68Issue: 05Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2025 -
Eni/Kogas Quit Cyprus Blocks As Development Plans Awaited
...years. Eni, which originally had 80% stakes, drilled two dry wells on Block 9 (Onasagoras 2014, Amathusa 2015). But plans for an initial Block 3 well in February 2018 were scuttled as Turkish warships obstructed drilling (MEES, 16 February 2018). French major TotalEnergies farmed-in to the ac...
Volume: 68Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 -
BP-Baghdad: Kirkuk Deal Close?
...story at Kirkuk, but earlier talks fell apart in 2020 following a three-year study initially commissioned in 2013, which was interrupted by the rise of the Islamic State in 2014. In August last year, both parties re-engaged in negotiations to develop the field’s Baba and Avanah domes, as well as the ne...
Volume: 68Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2025 -
Iraq’s Cabinet Approves Basra-Haditha Crude Oil Pipeline
...l to global markets, but plans to develop an alternative route via Aqaba were derailed by the rise of the Islamic State in 2014, with security still a major concern in Anbar. IRAQ’S OIL & GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM ...
Volume: 68Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2025