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South Kurdistan oil & gas development
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davidh
Mar 26 13, 10:03
Kinematic....GKP, yup. Started investing pre SH-1 spud and have followed the progress ever since. It is just the start of one of the world's greatest oil fields; the Greater Shaikan. 100bn barrels in GKP's 4 blocks? I am sure Atrush runs into AkriBijell block. The development of the Greater Shiaken block is one of the world's greatest engineering challenges and only fit for the supermajors or some consortium of them. I wonder if PArella Weinberg have anything to do with putting this development strategy together.
Too big for little old GKP though LOL
Good things at Atrush too I believe!
Ok! Yeah, GKP is sitting on some good fields, damn politics tho.

If Baghdad would let KRG have what they want they could reach their export targets, now it looks like KRG follow thru with Turkey and leave Bagdad behind


Yes atrush is a big field to i belive, connected to swara tika(sarsang) and Akri Bijeel and also to shaikan in the footwall.. I think we could have some really good recovery factors at atrush due to natural waterdrive, upwards 80% at best.

At2 flow was spectacular :)

Have KRG entered shaikan? Or gave they sold the BIR to someone?
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Pipeline Attack Halts Oil Exports! Insurgents blew up the Ceyhan oil pipeline in KRG on Monday night, halting the country’s oil exports via the Turkish port.

http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2013/03/26/pipeline-attack-halts-oil-exports/
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deleted that article its NOT about Kurdistan guys, wrong info given.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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A L A N
Mar 27 13, 5:54
deleted that article its NOT about Kurdistan guys, wrong info given.
How about this one Alan ;) west qurna is kurdistan ;)


http://www.oilreviewmiddleeast.com/exploration-production/4723-exxon-to-invest-additional-us-50mn-in-kurdistan-region-of-iraq-s-west-qurna-1


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"west Qurna" is a southern I-racki field it has nothing to do with Kurdistan.
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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) --

A joint oil exploration project by South Korea's state-run oil company has discovered "significant amounts" of oil in the Middle Eastern country's Kurdistan region, the company said Wednesday.
The discovery was made at Hawler minefield, in which Switzerland's Oryx Petroleum has a 65-percent stake, according to the Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC). The KNOC has a 15-percent stake in the exploration minefield with the remaining 20 percent owned by the Kurdish government.
The company did not disclose any estimates for oil reserve, saying a more comprehensive study was required for such figures.
Still, it said a drill stem test had yielded around 10,000 barrels of oil per day, which it said is a "significant amount."
Apart from the Hawler project, the KNOC is taking part in two other exploration projects in Bazian and Sangaw South mines, both in the Kurdish region.

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/130326/knoc-iraq-oil-discovery
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Kinematic - are you Swedish and in the oil business?

Re GKP - the BIR have not been announced, but maybe allocated. Do you think the water drive extends under Atrush to Shaikan. Could this extended field be one of the top 5 ever discovered?

A few extracts from WZR report
http://www.westernzagros.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-Annual-MDA-FINAL.pdf

In February 2013, the KRG Minister of Natural Resources indicated that the northern gas pipeline currently under construction could be converted for use as a crude oil pipeline instead. This pipeline could have an initial capacity of 200,000-300,000 bbl/d and could be operational by the end of the second quarter of 2013. The initial pipeline capacity could then be increased to approximately 1 million bbl/d, with pumping capability added. This pipeline would need to be extended by approximately 20-40 kilometres for export of Kurdish crude direct to Turkey.

On January 22, 2013, the Turkish cabinet approved an increase in the state owned Turkish Petroleum International Company (“TPIC”) 2013 capital budget from $150 million to $500 million and approved to transfer ownership of TPIC from state oil company, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (“TPAO”) (which operates in southern i-rack) to BOTAS Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (“BOTAS”) in an effort to boost energy project activities abroad, particularly in KRG. On a related note, an unnamed new Turkish oil company was reportedly in negotiations to acquire several blocks in the Kurdistan Region in a joint venture with at least one major foreign oil company and the KRG.
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Kurdistan to become source of energy for Europe: says Nechirvan Barzani

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27/3/2013 18:33:001

Today March 27, 2013, the Council of Ministries of Kurdistan held its regular meeting headed by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and attended by his deputy Emad Ahmad.

Nechirvan Barzani informed the Council of Ministries about his visitation to Germany and Turkey.

Nechirvan Barzani attended the European Energy Conference in Germany, and there met with the German Chancellor Angela Markel. During the meeting, Barzani and Merkel discussed the energy improvements of Kurdistan. Barzani mentioned the long-term plans of KRG to become one of the sources of providing Europe with energy. For her part, Merkel told Prime Minster Barzani that she would push German energy companies to invest in South Kurdistan.

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6nAwcVNa7E

Summary: a giant oil field discovered in Hewlêr which can have a capacity output of 10,000 bpd.

The company now operating in it is a South Korean governmental oc and Swiss oc oryx petroleum.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/03/28/western-energy-firms-abandoning-iraq-investing-in-kurdistan/ Energy firms leaving Baghdad and investing in kurdistan
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Mar 28 13, 5:20
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summary: a giant oil field discovered in Hewlêr which can have a capacity output of 10,000 bpd.

the company now operating in it is a South Korean governmental oc and Swiss oc oryx petroleum
How big?
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10,000 bpd means its billion barrels of reserve but they don't say how much in place.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Mar 29 13, 10:23
10,000 bpd means its billion barrels of reserve but they don't say how much in place.
No Alan, 10 000 bpd means that the well flowed with 10 000 barrels of oil per day


Good news!

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/turkey-kurdistan-advance-energy-ties-10512/


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have decided to move forward with a major energy deal with i-rack's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), despite sharp objections from the i-racki central government and the United States.Turkey and the KRG have fully negotiated a final framework of the deal, according to multiple senior Turkish officials – including stakes in at least a half-dozen exploration blocks and terms for the direct pipeline export of oil and gas from the KRG. Wit...
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I know what bpd mean my friend but that also means the reserve is in its billion barrels too
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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South Korean company finds oil in South Kurdistan

28/3/2013 11:49:00

South Korean oil company said it made a significant oil discovery in the South Kurdistan alongside its Swiss partners at Oryx Petroleum.

Oryx has a 65 percent interest in the Hewlêr field in the northern semiautonomous Kurdistan region with the Korean National Oil Corp. The Kurdish government has a 15 percent interest in the field.

KNOC said it made a "significant" discovery in the Hewlêr field, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. More work was needed to determine the reserve potential, though KNOC said it yielded 10,000 barrels of oil per day during initial testing.

The Kurdish government in December said production from the semiautonomous region could add at least $8 billion to the treasury. It halted oil production in the past, however, because of political disputes with Baghdad.

Source: UPI.com
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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I think US shows objections to please maliki but in reality it's the opposite since the oil and gas is exported to EU anyway.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Mar 29 13, 11:01
I know what bpd mean my friend but that also means the reserve is in its billion barrels too
They dont mention reserves anywhere?

The 10k i from 1 well, they need to drill more wells and do 3D sesmic over the field and also start production to find out recovery factors, then they can get an estimate of the reserves.

Oil in place is another thing, but i cant se them mentioning this either


Atrush 2 well flowed with 42000 bpd and we have 600-980 million barrels contingent resources as for now, this Will increase as we drill more wells
Edited by Kinematik, Mar 29 13, 11:47.
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they say its "massive" it usually means billion barrels of reserve atrush was never praised to be massive :)
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Now Arabs and Turkmen will try to conquer Hewler haha
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Any status on Atrush-3?

Any estimated oil in place in Atrush? The production hasn't started, right?
"Kurdino! Bibin yek; eger hûn nebin yek, hûn ê herin yek bi yek." - Cigerxwîn.
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Mar 30 13, 12:09
they say its "massive" it usually means billion barrels of reserve atrush was never praised to be massive :)
Yeah yeah ;)

"major oil discovery" http://shamaranpetroleum.mwnewsroom.com/press-releases/shamaran-announces-major-oil-discovery-at-atrush-p-tsx-venture-snm-201104130689394001

Atrush is a multi billion barrel field, 2 wells drilled and already this much contingent resources.
Highest flow recorded in kurdistan=probably very high recovery factor

3 more wells atleast this year will be drilled in atrush, and we are connected to swara tika, Akri Bijeel, sheik Adi and shaikan. This Will be the next Kirkuk i think :) Exxon, marathon and TAQA will develop theese fields as one massive one
Edited by Kinematik, Mar 30 13, 3:26.
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Mar 30 13, 1:19
Any status on Atrush-3?

Any estimated oil in place in Atrush? The production hasn't started, right?
I got an email yesterday from shamaran IR saying at3 was spudded on march 26th, so 2 months from now we should have results


They have choosen not to publish the OIP numbers for atrush, because OIP are "false", shaikan for example has about 15 billion or so barrels OIP but only 2,5 billion contingent resources because of low recovery factor

The production was put forward due to change of plans by TAQA, instead of 3-5000 bpd they will build a 30 000 barrels per day facility and start production late 2013 or early 2014
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OK. Thanks!
"Kurdino! Bibin yek; eger hûn nebin yek, hûn ê herin yek bi yek." - Cigerxwîn.
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Mar 30 13, 3:30
Dewran
Mar 30 13, 1:19
Any status on Atrush-3?

Any estimated oil in place in Atrush? The production hasn't started, right?
I got an email yesterday from shamaran IR saying at3 was spudded on march 26th, so 2 months from now we should have results


They have choosen not to publish the OIP numbers for atrush, because OIP are "false", shaikan for example has about 15 billion or so barrels OIP but only 2,5 billion contingent resources because of low recovery factor

The production was put forward due to change of plans by TAQA, instead of 3-5000 bpd they will build a 30 000 barrels per day facility and start production late 2013 or early 2014
Shaikan reserve numbers will probably move up when production starts and they learn more about the field


Dew: could you update atrush wiki Page? :)
Edited by Kinematik, Mar 30 13, 3:59.
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Hmm, what should I write exactly? That Atrush-3 spudding has begun? What more should I write?
"Kurdino! Bibin yek; eger hûn nebin yek, hûn ê herin yek bi yek." - Cigerxwîn.
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