Kuwait Energy has completed testing at the Al Jahraa-3 oil appraisal well in the Abu Sennan Concession onshore Egypt, with the well cased and completed as an Abu Roash “C” member oil producer.
Iraq's crude oil exports reached 2.94 million b/d in December, a new record high, taking the country's 2014 monthly average to 2.517 million b/d, as the recent deal with Kurdish authorities begins to bear fruit.
JSC Gazprom Neft said a third well in the Badra field in eastern Iraq has come on production, ensuring “sustainable” rates of at least 15,000 b/d. Drilling of another three wells continues.