Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi has said that oil reserves of up to six billion barrels have been discovered around the Yadavaran oilfield in Khuzestan province in southwest Iran
Exploration & Production
DNO completes testing of Peshkabir well
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO International has announced that testing of its Peshkabir-1 well, located west of Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has struck oil
Calvalley restarts drilling in Yemen
Canadian-based Calvalley Petroleum has resumed drilling in Yemen after it spudded the Ras Nowmah-5 development well on Block 9 in the Masila basin
Gulf Keystone completes Shaikan-5 drilling
Bermuda-based Gulf Keystone Petroleum has recorded solid preliminary results at its latest well in Kurdistan region of Iraq
UAE awards Columbia Industries its biggest order
US-based Columbia Industries, a company involved in the design, engineering and manufacturing of custom rig moving systems, has announced its biggest single order for a multiple pad drilling project from Abu Dhabis National Drilling Company (NDC)