Gulf Keystone-Shamaran $601Mn Merger to Create Major Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Producer

• Tuesday, 20th October 2026
• by Mohammad Abdulwakeel

Gulf Keystone Petroleum, a London-listed oil producer, will merge with Norway’s Shamaran Petroleum in an all-share deal valued at $601mn, creating one of the largest oil producers in Iraq’s Kurdistan Regio...

Iraq’s Gulf Keystone Receives Shaikan Crude Payments

• Monday, 17th June 2019
• by Editorial Team

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has received payment for the sale of Shaikan crude, according to Pipeline Oil and Gas Magazine. The oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company operating in the Kurdistan region of...

Iraqi Gulf Keystone to Delay Production Target

• Monday, 21st January 2019
• by Editorial Team

The Iraqi-focused operator Gulf Keystone Petroleum expects to delay its 55,000 barrels per day (b/d) target to early 2020, Pipeline Oil and Gas Magazine reported. The delay occurred as the company currently faces a de...

Kurdistan Proceeds $15m in Payment to Gulf Keystone Petroleum

• Sunday, 21st February 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has authorized a gross payment of $15m to the Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) company for crude exports from the Shaikan field, Selftrade reported. The company is to receive $5.8m...

Kurdistan Releases $75m to Oil Exporting Companies

• Wednesday, 2nd December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has authorized the release of payments to international oil exporting companies in Iraq worth $75m for the third consecutive month, Zawya reported. In September and October,  the KR...