Gazprom Raises Cost Estimate For Iraq Field
Russia’s Gazprom Neft has increased its estimated costs for the Badra oil field to about US $3 billion, reports Bloomberg, citing a bond prospectus recently issued by its parent company. The company...
View ArticleGazprom Connects Badra to Main Pipeline
Gazprom Neft has completed laying, testing and connecting a 165 km oil pipeline from the Badra field, which the Company operates in Iraq, to the Gharraf oilfield (Nasiriyah district, Iraq). With...
View ArticleIran Announce Work at Azar-Badra Field
By John Lee. Iran have announced that drilling will begin next year at the Azar oil field, which is known as Badra on the Iraqi side of the border. On the Iraqi side, Badra is operated by Gazprom Neft....
View ArticleGazprom Neft Begins Production at Badra
On 31 May, Gazprom Neft began production at the Badra oilfield in Iraq. The central gathering station (CGS) is currently undergoing complex testing of its crude oil processing system. Testing will be...
View ArticleGazprom Neft “has No Problems in Iraq”
By John Lee. Gazprom Neft has said it has no problems in Iraq and does not feel that its work in the country is under threat. Deputy CEO Vadim Yakovlev (pictured) told reporters on Tuesday: “Of course...
View ArticleGazprom Begins Production at Badra
By Patrick M Schmidt. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced that Gazprom Neft, a division of the Russian state-owned Gazprom, had begun production at Badra oilfield in the eastern province of Wasit....
View ArticleGazprom Starts Oil Deliveries from Badra
By John Lee. Russia’s Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra oil field (pictured) in Iraq, has announced that first oil from the field is now being delivered to Iraq’s main pipeline system for...
View ArticleGazprom ‘Forced to Quit Halabja Block’
By John Lee. Rudaw reports that Russia’s Gazprom Neft has been forced to halt operations at its Halabja block following demonstrations by hundreds of protestors from 34 villages around the town of...
View ArticleGazprom Neft to Conduct Seismic Survey
Gazprom Neft is to conduct a 2D seismic survey on the south-eastern section of the Halabja block. The technical equipment and personnel required for the survey are currently being transferred from the...
View ArticleGazprom Neft gets First Batch of Iraq Oil
Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra field development project, has received the first batch of Kirkuk grade oil from the Iraqi government. The crude oil has been given to the company in...
View ArticleGazprom Increases Investment in Kurdistan
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has received a delegation from the Russian Federation that included President Vladimir Putin’s Envoy to the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister...
View ArticleGazprom: Badra Production Doubled
By Robert Tollast. Russia’s Gazprom Neft has announced that production at the Badra field in Wasit province is close to double last year’s production, now reaching 28,000 bpd. Gazprom Neft’s commercial...
View ArticleWesternZagros Updates on Garmian, Kurdamir
WesternZagros Resources has issued an update in advance of the company’s standard second quarter results which are scheduled for release on 13th August, 2015: Garmian Block Second quarter production...
View ArticleWesternZagros Updates on Kurdistan Ops
WesternZagros Resources has announced its production of light oil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq averaged approximately 5,000 barrels per day in the third quarter. As previously disclosed,...
View ArticleGazprom Almost Doubles Processing Capacity at Badra
Gazprom Neft has announced that a new process train (process train B) has been brought into operation at the central processing facility at Iraq’s Badra field (pictured). The commissioning of this new...
View ArticleWesternZagros gets Approval for Garmian Field Development
WesternZagros Receives Approval for Garmian Field Development Plan and Submits Kurdamir Field Development Plan WesternZagros Resources has announced the approval of the Garmian Block Field Development...
View ArticleBadra to hit 115,000 bpd in 2017
By John Lee. The First Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Russia’s Gazprom Neft has said that the company plans to boost oil production at Iraq’s Badra oil field from 65,000 barrels per day at present...
View ArticleKRG, Russia discuss Cooperation in Energy Field
On the sidelines of the SPIEF’16 – St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his delegation met Mr. Alexander Novak, Russian Minister of Energy....
View Article10th Production Well Commissioned at Badra Oil Field
Russia’s Gazprom Neft has commissioned its 10th production well (P-07) at the Badra oil field. Together with the other wells at the field, the P-07 well is in free-flow production. With production...
View ArticleWesternZagros Announces Results
By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has announced its operating and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Commenting on the second quarter results and subsequent events,...
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