Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 18

2-May-2005

IRAQ

DNO Awaits Green Light To Start Exploration Work In Kurdish Area

Norwegian independent DNO has said it is ready to start exploration work in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq, including seismic surveys and possibly even an exploration well this year, as soon as it receives the go-ahead from Baghdad. DNO Managing Director Helge Eide told an oil conference in Oslo that the company still needed approval from Iraqi officials before it could...