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| Kinematik | Jan 13 14, 2:48 Post #1051 |
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If they can get 400 000 barrels out it would give KRG around 9-10 billion$ a year... In the beginning it will not be that high.. |
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| Kinematik | Jan 13 14, 5:05 Post #1052 |
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What an idiot http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKL6N0KM0EK20140112?irpc=932* Maliki says will never allow unilateral Kurd oil exports |
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| ALAN | Jan 15 14, 8:41 Post #1053 |
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It's alreDy happened it's just the same crap talk of Exxon pulling out of kurdistan I think you should all by know know how iraqis are and biggest bullshit artists
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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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| Kinematik | Jan 16 14, 7:22 Post #1054 |
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Good answer by turkey to Bagdads threats! The minister also responded to reporters’ questions about some local media reports claiming the Baghdad government had begun changing some pipeline plans slated to pass through Turkey in retaliation for the Kurdish oil exports. Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) will alter the routes of five pipelines set to export Iraqi gas to global markets from Turkey to Israel and Syria, daily Akşam claimed in a report published Jan. 14. “Are you going to transport oil through today’s Syria? That pipeline would not operate even for a day,” Yildz said. “They can steer [oil] through Israel or Syria but we promise a stable country,” he the minister said. “We are respectful of other projects, but we are interested in projects that we do.” |
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| ALAN | Jan 17 14, 2:42 Post #1055 |
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Oil Games in Baghdad By DAVID ROMANO 8 hours ago This week the Council of Minister in Baghdad passed a new 2014 budget, despite the walkout of Kurdish members of the government and the absence of Sunnis. Although the budget still needs to be voted on by the Iraqi Parliament, which is on recess for ten days, its proposals represent a slap in the face of Kurdistan. The budget’s provisions declare that if Kurdistan does not export 400,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) through the central government controlled pipeline network, it will not receive its share of the national budget. The budget also fails to mention anything about payments for oil companies operating in Kurdistan, even if Kurdistan does pump 400,000 bpd into the national pipeline network, or anything about the promised reparations to Kurdistan for actions of previous regimes (as stipulated in Article 112 of the Constitution). The budget even fails to provide governorates their $5 fee per barrel of oil produced from their territory, as stipulated in last Spring’s amended Provincial Powers law, instead promising them only $1 per barrel. This occurs in the context of an increasingly independent hydrocrabons industry in Kurdistan, as I discussed in previous columns and Rudaw reports on regularly. Even governorates like Nineveh, Wasit and Basra have been pursuing a more and more “Kurdish style” independent hydrocarbons policy lately, meeting on their own with oil companies to talk about exploration in new fields. Article 111 of the Constitution of course stipulates that Iraq’s oil and gas belongs to all Iraqis, and Kurdistan and governorate leaders have always accepted that oil revenues should therefore be distributed proportionately throughout the country, no matter where the oil is actually extracted from. For the Kurds, that means the agreed upon formula of 17% of revenues. So contrary to what we often heard in the media, no one was ever talking about the Kurds and the Shiites in Basra making off with all the oil revenues and leaving Sunnis to eat sand in Anbar. In Article 112, the Constitution also stipulates that the central government and regions and governorates need only work together (together, not Baghdad by itself) on oil extracted from “present fields,” leaving future fields to regional and governorate control. Kurdistan is willing to remit its oil money to Baghdad, but given past central government failures to pay Erbil all it is due, wants to deduct its expenses, some reparations (within limits) and if necessary, its 17% first. The Kurds also insist on controlling their own newly discovered fields and oil contracts. In his 2009 book on Iraq, Brendan O’Leary explains that “Iraq’s present fields have long lives ahead of them. As and when regions other than Kurdistan develop, there will be a corresponding reduction in the necessary revenues for the federal government to execute its functions, especially if the regions exercise their constitutional right to monopolize internal security.” During this time, new fields will be explored, discovered and brought on-line by Kurdistan, the governorates and future regions of Iraq, increasing their independence from Baghdad. Therefore, O’Leary says, “The Constitution spells the death warrant of a highly centralized Iraq, but it delays the execution–to enable the regions and provinces to grow.” This is as it should be, in order prevent the re-emergence of authoritarianism in Baghdad and to allow the different nations, communal groups, religious communities and regional identities in Iraq the space to live with each other. Yet the usual suspects in the media, American think tanks and the academic community will no doubt cast the latest events as a bold effort by Prime Minister Maliki to keep Iraq together. “If Kurdistan gets to export its own oil,” they will say, “then every governorate will want to do the same.” Exactly – this is the point of federalism and decentralization, which is what more than 78% of Iraqis voted for in the Constitutional referendum of 2005. Although I believe Mr. Maliki is presently engaged more in a bargaining attempt than a serious effort to form a budget for 2014, the threat this year is the most significant salvo yet against the Kurds. Baghdad’s previous threats to blacklist oil companies signing contracts with Kurdistan or sue them proved hollow. Last time I checked, Exxon signed a deal with Kurdistan and still has its stake in southern oil fields, while Genel Energy, DNO and Keystone’s lawyers sit idle and have no legal issues to deal with from Baghdad. Maliki government officials actually had to practically beg Exxon to stay in southern Iraq and not sell off all of its stake in the fields there, as Exxon apparently wanted nothing more to do with the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad. The Maliki government’s actions actually represent the best way to break Iraq apart. Kurdistan’s 17% share of the Iraqi national budget equals about 300,000 bpd of oil exported per year, a capacity which the Kurds should have within a month or so. Given the threat from Baghdad, what if the Kurds managed to up their production to the requested 400,000 bpd by the end of 2014? Estimates are that Kurdistan could manage 1 million bdp by 2016. That’s a lot more than they would get from their share of the national budget, even if Baghdad did not engage in accounting shenanigans for its own expenses and remit a good deal less than 17% to Erbil, as it has in the past. Might the Kurds be tempted to just say “Keep your budget, and keep your state for that matter – we’re leaving and we are taking the ‘disputed territories’ we already control with us.” Today’s government in Turkey looks like it just might accept this kind of thing as well, especially given all the cheap oil and gas it would get in the process. Given the situation in places like Falujah and Ramadi, this kind of response from the Kurds at this time would be much worse news for Baghdad than for Erbil. Which is why I don’t think it will come to this. Mr. Maliki and his ministers are bluffing. David Romano has been a Rudaw columnist since August 2010. He is the Thomas G. Strong Professor of Middle East Politics at Missouri State University and author of The Kurdish Nationalist Movement (2006, Cambridge University Press). - See more at: http://rudaw.net/english/opinion/16012014#sthash.UC8o1Zj2.dpuf |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 17 14, 2:46 Post #1056 |
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I hope members read his article as it gives answers to lots of Qs I've heard over and over in this same topic
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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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| Brendar | Jan 17 14, 3:42 Post #1057 |
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“Keep your budget, and keep your state for that matter – we’re leaving and we are taking the ‘disputed territories’ we already control with us.” Exactly. |
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| Kinematik | Jan 17 14, 4:01 Post #1058 |
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Rudaw English @rudawenglish 1m #KRG' deputy minister of finance says, #Kurdistan has enough money to survive if it breaks away [from #Iraq.] |
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| ALAN | Jan 22 14, 8:25 Post #1059 |
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Iraq 2014 Budget will Collapse without Kurdish Oil Income 21/1/2014 10:10:00 Haider al-Abadi, the head of the Iraqi parliament’s treasury committee, told Reuters that unless the northern South Kurdistan pays oil export revenue to the national treasury in Baghdad this year, the projected 2014 budget will collapse. If the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) once again refuses to pay the oil revenue owed then the only available option left to Baghdad would be to halt all state spending, which amounts to about 17% of the whole country, in the region. This news was announced during a month that has seen the conflict between Erbil and Baghdad intensify after the KRG began to export oil to Turkey via a new pipeline, Last week, in response, Abdul Kareem Luaibi, the Iraqi oil minister, threatened to seek legal action over against any foreign entity involved in the “smuggling” of Kurdish oil out of Kurdistan. Abadi explained that state spending was rising sharply due to increases in pensions, public sector wages, child benefits, and student allowances, and that the draft budget for 2014 would have a deficit of about 21 trillion Iraqi dinars ($18 billion). This deficit assumes that the KRG will pay revenue earned from oil exports of 400,000 barrels a day, even though current exports are only at 255,000 barrels a day. If the KRG pays nothing then the deficit will be untenable and collapse. PUKmedia |
| 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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| Worldwar2boy | Jan 23 14, 6:23 Post #1060 |
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Yes excellent, this was probably KRG strategy they knew it, they will make Iraqi budget collapse and with that Iraqi dinar, but before they do, they exchange everything to USD & buy back all Iraqi dinar right after the crash, resulting in a huge demand of the Iraqi dinar, but now in possession of the Kurdistan Government - and with that, KRG will control the Iraqi currency. They will then threaten Iraq to destroy the Arab economy if they don't meet all their demands. That would be an excellent scenario, the Iraqis would be living like hobos for the coming centuries !! When you say "arabs" it means all 22 countries please specify "Iraq" if you are referring to iraq. Edited by ALAN, Jan 23 14, 7:32.
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| ALAN | Jan 23 14, 8:30 Post #1061 |
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State of art refinery to be implemented in Kirkuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3aegd014dI |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 25 14, 3:14 Post #1062 |
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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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| ALAN | Jan 27 14, 10:56 Post #1063 |
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To Alanj: as you can see the Kerkuki Gov has not signed the BP deal after consulting with KRG, as a result now iraq has reduced the production so that Kerkûk gets lesser petro-dollar as a pressure card... i think Kerkûk independently needs to sign its own deals with Exxon and co http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxTOf3PxG6s |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 27 14, 11:12 Post #1064 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGsIIssFT50 |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 27 14, 11:18 Post #1065 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIO4gzFsbag |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 27 14, 1:24 Post #1066 |
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Busy week for South Kurdistan President in Davos By RUDAW 15 hours ago ERBIL, South Kurdistan – South Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani exchanged views with oil company executives, foreign ministers and other top officials at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which he attended last week for a second year. On the sidelines of the forum, Barzani and his delegation met separately with Exxon Mobil Chairman Rex Tillerson and Jay Pryor, vice president of Chevron. Barzani thanked both officials for the work being done by their companies in Kurdistan, and stressed that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) stood behind them. Barzani also discussed bilateral ties and the situation in Iraq and Syria with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who said that before coming to Davos he had urged Swedish companies to look into investing and sending trade delegations to Kurdistan. |In his meeting with Barzani, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu emphasized the need for continuing talks between both parties over controversial oil exports that Baghdad has been trying its best to block. Davutoglu also told Barzani he was happy that Kurdish representatives were part of the Syrian opposition delegation at the Geneva II conference. The two leaders also spoke about the upcoming Iraqi polls in April and the other Middle Eastern issues. The political situation in Egypt and Iraq were the focus of discussions between Barzani and Amr Moussa, former secretary general of the Arab League. In talks with US Senator John McCain, Barzani discussed bilateral ties as well as the security situation in Iraq, especially in Anbar province. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his accompanying delegation, which included the foreign and economy ministers, agreed on sending a delegation to Kurdistan to explore how to expand ties with Kurdistan. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Barzani he was pleased with the substantial progress in ties since their meeting last year at Davos, and hoped the ties would improve even more. Rutte praised the KRG for hosting such a large number of refugees, which have come to Kurdistan from Syria and other parts of Iraq, and said his government understands the burden this places on Erbil. “We now have about 250,000 Syrian refugees, mostly Kurds, in Kurdistan,” Barzani told Rutte. “For us, it’s both a humanitarian and national obligation to look after them,” he said, adding that he hoped “the international community will be more forthcoming in providing aid to the Syrian refugees in Kurdistan.” |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 28 14, 11:01 Post #1067 |
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Oil revenue is kept at Kurdistan international bank KIB ![]() This one |
| 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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| Deleted User | Jan 29 14, 12:02 Post #1068 |
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So the oil revenues from the oil sales will be held in KIB? Is KIB a private or state-run bank? Ive heard conflicting reports on where the oil revenues will be kept. Everything from Turkish banks to US banks to privately owned Kurdish banks have been put up. |
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| ALAN | Jan 29 14, 12:10 Post #1069 |
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Na it's KRG state bank |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 29 14, 1:07 Post #1070 |
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Iraq will take action if Kurdistan exports oil before deal reached 28.1.2014 LONDON,— Iraq will take action, including fiscal measures, if the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) exports oil before an agreement is reached with Baghdad, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said at a conference in London on Tuesday. Shahristani reiterated that only Iraqi state marketer SOMO is authorized to export the country's oil. "Any oil that leaves Iraq without the permission of SOMO is illegal and Iraq will have to take action to protect its oil wealth," Shahristani said. "We have informed Turkey and the KRG that we cannot allow this to continue...We are waiting for a response to our latest proposal." Copyright ©, respective author or news agency, Reuters |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 29 14, 1:08 Post #1071 |
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Now with correction to shahristani and his alikes : ""Any oil that leaves Kurdistan without the permission of KOMO is illegal and Kurdistan will have to take action to protect its oil wealth" |
| 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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| ALAN | Jan 29 14, 1:21 Post #1072 |
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Oryx Petroleum announces update for Banan-1 exploration well in south Kurdistan As previously reported, the KS Discoverer 1 rig spudded the BAN-1 well, the Corporation's fourth exploration well in the Hewlêr license area, targeting the Banan prospect, in mid-September. The Sakson Hilong-10 rig spudded the first well in the Demir Dagh appraisal program (DD-3) in mid-November and is expected to reach a total depth of 4,115 metres and conclude testing and completion in Q2 2014. Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited announces an update on its drilling activities at Banan and Demir Dagh in the Hewlêr license area in south Kurdistan (KRG). Oryx Petroleum is the operator and has a 65% participating and working interest in the Hewlêr license area. Commenting today, Henry Legarre, Oryx Petroleum's Chief Operating Officer, stated: "Our exploration and appraisal activities in the Hewlêr license area continue to progress. We have completed drilling the Banan exploration well targeting one of the largest prospects in our portfolio. Hydrocarbons were encountered in the Cretaceous, Upper and Lower Jurassic and Triassic and we are now commencing a testing program. We have successfully re-completed the Demir Dagh-2 well and we are making excellent progress with the Demir Dagh-3 and Demir Dagh-4 appraisal wells. Observations during drilling of all wells on the Demir Dagh structure continue to be encouraging." Banan Exploration Well As previously reported, the KS Discoverer 1 rig spudded the BAN-1 well, the Corporation's fourth exploration well in the Hewlêr license area, targeting the Banan prospect, in mid-September. The BAN-1 well is targeting oil potential in the Cretaceous, Upper and Lower Jurassic and the Triassic. Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. ("NSAI") estimates as of March 31, 2013 were that the Banan prospect contains 196 MMbbl of best estimate unrisked gross (100%) prospective oil resources (risked: 102 MMbbl). NSAI's estimate excludes a significant portion of the Banan prospect that was outside the Hewlêr license area boundaries prior to the boundary extension agreed to with the KRG in December 2012. See "Reserves and Resources Advisory" below for additional information regarding this estimate. Recently acquired 2D seismic data over the extension area has confirmed that the likely crest of the Banan structure is significantly up-dip of the BAN-1 well. The BAN-1 well was planned to be drilled to a total depth of 4,153 metres in the Kurra Chine formation. The well experienced a significant pressure kick while drilling at approximately 4,000 metres in a fractured section of the Kurra Chine. During the following well control operation, light oil from the Kurra Chine formation was burned at the flare.. As the well had not been designed for conditions encountered in the Triassic, the well was plugged back to 3,400 metres in preparation for testing operations in the shallower Cretaceous and Jurassic formations. A future appraisal well with modified well design, if pursued, should enable evaluation of the Kurra Chine formation in the Banan structure. As previously reported, logging data, core analysis and observations during drilling in the Upper Cretaceous (Shiranish, Kometan and Upper Qamchuqa formations) confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons and similar reservoir properties, including matrix porosity, as observed at Demir Dagh. Logging data and observations during drilling, including free oil on the shakers and cuttings, also confirm the presence of hydrocarbons in the Upper Jurassic (Najmah formation) and Lower Jurassic (Mus & Base Alan, Adaiyah, and Butmah formations). Losses of drilling fluids also indicated existence of a permeable fracture network. These are encouraging indications, however, no conclusions with regards to recoverability or commerciality of any hydrocarbons can be reached until the testing program is conducted. Oryx Petroleum's testing program for BAN-1 consists of five firm cased-hole drill stem tests ("DSTs") and one contingent cased-hole DST. It is expected that the testing program will conclude in March 2014. Should the testing be successful, the Corporation is considering accelerating plans to drill an appraisal well on the crest of the Banan structure. Demir Dagh Appraisal The Sakson Hilong-10 rig spudded the first well in the Demir Dagh appraisal program (DD-3) in mid-November and is expected to reach a total depth of 4,115 metres and conclude testing and completion in Q2 2014. The well is being drilled on the axis of the anticline approximately three kilometres to the southeast of the DD-2 discovery well and will test the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic reservoirs. The DD-3 well is currently on schedule, having reached a depth of approximately 3,800 metres in the Triassic. Drilling experience to date with DD-3 has been consistent with the drilling of the DD-2 discovery well. The Romfor 22 rig successfully re-completed the DD-2 in the Upper Cretaceous reservoirs. The re-completion will enable oil production from DD-2 once the production facilities at Demir Dagh are operational, which is expected in Q2 2014. The Romfor 22 rig has since spudded the DD-4 appraisal well, which is planned to be completed in the Cretaceous reservoirs. The well is being drilled down dip on the southern flank of the anticline in order to determine the depth of the Cretaceous oil-water contact. DD-4 has reached a depth of approximately 1,800 metres and is expected to reach total depth and conclude testing in late Q1 2014. Source: http://www.oilvoice.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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| ALAN | Jan 29 14, 9:05 Post #1073 |
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i cant wait to kick out these iraqi thieves from my city, they have been stealing Kirkuk oil for 80 years now thumbsdown |
| 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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| Kinematik | Jan 30 14, 8:53 Post #1074 |
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Have you heard anything about whats going in the Rovi block with Chevron? |
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| ALAN | Jan 30 14, 10:21 Post #1075 |
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Not really why what have you heard!? |
| 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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as it gives answers to lots of Qs I've heard over and over in this same topic

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