Iraq will ramp up its oil production to 4.5mn bpd by the end of 2014, an increase from the 2.9mn bpd currently being produced, a government official has announced
Exploration & Production
UAE oil output hits 2.73 million bpd in May 2013
The UAE’s oil output in May 2013 rose 1.1 per cent month-on-month to 2.73mn bpd from 2.7mn bpd in April 2013, an international report has revealed
DNO Tawke well test hits 1,500 bpd in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
DNO International has announced that that its deep Tawke-17 well tested 1,500 bpd from an Upper Jurassic reservoir in the Tawke oilfield in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Pathfinder signs exclusive deal with OGIF for Morocco gas blocks
Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures Limited has signed an exclusive option agreement with Oil and Gas Investments Funds (OGIF) to farm into the eight gas exploration blocks comprising the Tendrara Lakbir Licence Area onshore Morocco
Kuwait to ‘drill for heavy oil’
Kuwait has revealed plans to start drilling for heavy oil so that the Arab state can produce up to 60,000 bpd by 2017, according to an official from the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company