Genel Energy has inked an agreement to contract Parker’s Drilling rig for the QD-2 well.

Kuwait and Qatar plan to use Iraqi pipelines as an alternative export route for oil and gas shipments through Kurdistan to Turkey.

Dana Gas and its partner Crescent Petroleum have announced a 30% increase of the production capacity of the Khor Mor field in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Genel Energy Company announced that it has hit oil in the northern area of Taqt Taq field in Iraqi Kurdistan as a result of its test appraisals.

Iraq will ship a crude oil cargo to the Italian port of Trieste to be set to Russia for the first time.

Qaiwan Group has appointed Mott MacDonald to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the new Xarajyan oil terminal in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Turkey has begun work to repair a pipeline taking crude oil from northern Iraq to the Mediterranean through its restive southeast and aims to restore flows soon.