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South Kurdistan oil & gas development
Topic Started: Nov 17 12, 1:25 (649,206 Views)
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nothing new like i said, same old bark: choose south or north lol, you would think after what happened last time they would just get it and move on :lolz:

Baghdad repeats Exxon ultimatum: Kurdistan or south Iraq
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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lol

i-racki oil minister: 'Kurdistan selling oil directly to turkey is a red line'


oil export continues to turkey via trucks :) . 25,000 barrels is exported daily, till the pipelines complete at the end of the year then we will kick the 17% budget we get into the rubbish bin, and seek genocide compensation from i-rack. then we shall close the borders on them and not let goods to be transferred via our land to them coming from turkey.

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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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Kurdistan alliance threatening Exxon oil won’t work out

Monday, 28 January 2013 13:01

Shafaq News / Kurdistan Alliance bloc considered on Monday, giving Exxon Mobil company the option to work in southern Iraq or in Kurdistan as if Iraq is two states and described the deal with the oil ministry company as uncivilized and unhelpful.

The spokesman of the bloc, Muayaad al-Tayeb said in an interview with "Shafaq News", that “threating the oil companies between working in Kurdistan or Iraq is an uncivilized approach in dealing with these companies and gives a distorted and confusing picture for the political process and Iraq.”

He added that "If we go back to the period between 1992 to 2003 when Kurdistan was completely out of the control of the Iraqi state, we would find that there were companies operating in Iraq and Kurdistan."

The Iraqi oil minister, Abdul Karim Laeebi, had announced in a press conference held on Sunday, in Baghdad that , "Iraq informed ExxonMobil that it must choose between working in the oil fields in the south of the country or in South Kurdistan," emphasizing that "no company can operate in two fields at the same time. "

He pointed out that "if Exxon Mobil stopped working in southern Iraq or in Kurdistan that will damage the national economy especially that the proceeds of oil go to the federal government."

He added, "We need these companies to operate in all parts of Iraq from Zakho to Fao and such threats harm the reputation of Iraq and its economy".
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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Idiots! Why do they only target Exxon? Total is working both in kurdistan and iraq same for chevron. Isnt gazprom also in iraq? They have a stake in western zagros who works in kurdistan


Edited by Kinematik, Jan 28 13, 11:42.
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Chevron and now Total are NOT in Iraq, they are only in Kurdistan. Total did have a contract in west Qurana but mohamad ali maliki kicked them out, luckily for us :)
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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Baghdad’s threats fail to curb demand for Kurdish oil

[18:12] 13/Jan/28

PNA - European oil companies are purchasing an increasing volume of oil independently exported by Kurdistan, in defiance of Baghdad's threats to punish those that deal in exports it says are illegal.

Baghdad has promised to prosecute buyers of Kurdish condensate, a light grade of oil that has been exported without its permission since October.

Exports of regular crude started around the beginning of the year, and Baghdad has already announced plans to sue Genel Energy, the first firm to export the oil directly from the region on trucks via Turkey.

Demand by international oil firms has been strong enough to absorb an increasing amount of the independently exported oil, and traders said tenders have been drawing interest from a widening range of companies

So far, buyers of Kurdish condensate have faced few repercussions, with one notable exception - trading house Trafigura, which was banned from Iraq in December.

This month, the region’s exports are expected to hit around 60,000 tons, equivalent to about 15,000 barrels per day.

The flow of oil, including condensate, from the Kurdistan region could gradually rise to around 40,000 barrels per day (bpd), Turkey's energy minister has said, the equivalent of around 200 trucks a day.

Condensate exports already account for nearly the entire output of 17,000 bpd from Kurdistan’s Khor Mor field, and as capacity grows there are plans to begin exporting oil from other fields.

The flow has drawn a wide range of interest from Swiss-based trading firms such as Vitol and Trafigura, and new firms such as U.S. chemical company Dow have joined the rank of buyers, shipping sources said.

On Sunday, Iraq’s oil minister said Exxon Mobil, the first major oil company to sign an agreement with the KRG, had been given an ultimatum to choose between its oilfields in the south or Kurdish blocks in the north.
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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Great news indeed, let the i-racki barking continue while we increase our export outputs via trucks till the pipelines are ready, the lottery pipes :)

They think they have "more" oil will make the international market stop buying our "lesser" oil :smackhead
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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Pipeline from Turkey to kurdistan needs peace in the area to avoid attacks on the export.

Have we achived that now?

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE90S0C620130129?irpc=401
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Jan 29 13, 10:08
Pipeline from Turkey to kurdistan needs peace in the area to avoid attacks on the export.

Have we achived that now?

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE90S0C620130129?irpc=401
" As an initial confidence-building step, around 100 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group will disarm and withdraw from Turkish soil, the Hurriyet daily said."
If this is true than it is very sad :(




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UPDATE 1-Kurdistan in talks with majors on blocks-Hawrami

Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:01pm GMT

LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - South Kurdistan is negotiating with two or three major international companies to operate oil blocks and expects to announce the results in about a month, Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said on Tuesday.

South Kurdistan awarded Chevron Corp a stake in the Qara Dagh oil block, Hawrami said last week.

Kurdistan has upset the central government in Baghdad by signing deals directly with oil majors such as Chevron and Exxon Mobil, providing lucrative production-sharing contracts and better operating conditions than in the south of the country.

"We are negotiating with two to three other significant companies. They will hopefully be announced in a month or so," he said.

He added that no Kurdish oil has left the autonomous region for a while, as Baghdad had reneged on payments.

The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) stopped contributing exports to the main Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in December.

"Currently nothing is going through the main pipeline, and has (not been) for a while," Hawrami told reporters at a conference in London.

Exports by truck stopped two or three weeks ago, Hawrami said, but they should resume next week. He added that the exports would begin with a limited amount of condensate, and maybe some crude top-up.

"We are working on some procedures to have a clear monitoring and metering system ...at the border before we allow (further exports)."

The central Iraqi government in Baghdad has repeatedly stated that it considers independent exports from the KRG as smuggling.
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Kurdistan strives for energy autonomy, with or without Exxon

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/1/state6823.htm

important highlights:

* International oil companies have been prepared to take that risk in return for Kurdistan's better contract terms, security and an easier working environment, as opposed to the bureaucracy and infrastructure bottlenecks that hamper oil projects in the rest of Iraq.

* Baghdad would have to promise Exxon favorable terms to entice it away from the north, but analysts and industry sources doubt Maliki's capacity to deliver those, and say it would be a mistake for him to do so.

"If they go for Baghdad, I'm sure they (Exxon) will want sweeteners," said a senior executive from a rival company. "But if they get better terms, others will want the same."

Some industry sources even suggested that may have been part of Exxon's calculations all along: that when defying Baghdad the company figured it might eventually be able to use its Kurdish contracts as leverage to extract concessions in the south.

* Despite the loss of face if Exxon were to back away from Kurdistan, experts say such a move would ultimately do little to slow the region's drive towards greater energy autonomy from Baghdad.

"Exxon was a game-changer then, but things have moved on," said one industry source.

Now there are other majors waiting to snap up acreage in what has been described as one of the final frontiers for onshore oil exploration, and they are unlikely to be deterred.

* "Oil and gas wise, it's a point of no return," said an industry source. "From this point on, the Kurds will not agree to a centralized oil and gas policy. Other regions will do the same."

* Details are still unclear, but industry sources said it would range from exploration to export and seek to open up a new "energy corridor" to Turkey that would reduce Ankara's dependence on Russia and Iran for oil and gas.

The deal would involve a new Turkish entity taking a stake in several Kurdish blocs and an alternative pipeline.

* It would also have to include a mechanism to pay the Kurds directly for their exports instead of the current arrangement whereby Baghdad receives the proceeds and then passes on 17 percent of the country's revenues as a whole.

Kurdish officials have long complained what they end up getting is in fact closer to 10 percent.

"When the money starts flowing straight to Erbil, that will be the game-changer," said a diplomatic source.

* Kurdish officials say they would keep the share to which they are entitled and send the rest on to Baghdad, but an independent revenue stream would theoretically give the region the means to stand on its own economically.

"Assuming they could export 1 million barrels per day, they'd make more revenues from that than their current share of the national budget, depending on how much oil the south is producing," said Robin Mills of UAE-based energy consultancy Manaarco.

* Opponents of the tie-up worry it would make Kurdistan too dependent on Turkey, which has a fraught relation with its own Kurdish community and will be keen to have the upper hand in any dealings with their ethnic kin in Iraq.

But champions of the deal argue that landlocked Kurdistan has few options besides isolated Iran and war-torn Syria -- its other neighbors -- neither of which has the strategic advantages of Turkey.

"Economically, we're already at their mercy," said a senior Kurdish regional government official. "Once we start mass producing, the equation changes and the relationship with Turkey becomes interdependent."

* "Collaboration between the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) and Turkey to transfer oil and gas to the world markets will strengthen our ties," Turkish Deputy Energy Minister Selahattin Cimen said at that conference.
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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* International oil companies have been prepared to take that risk in return for Kurdistan's better contract terms, security and an easier working environment, as opposed to the bureaucracy and infrastructure bottlenecks that hamper oil projects in the rest of Iraq.
this is why shaytan and his thugs on iraqi ssc are burning that Kurdistan gets massive foreign investments while iraq doesn't get jack all they are that deluded they think its our fault their country is miserable and was picked the world's worst place on earth to live in in an international survey, iraq enjoys daily bombings, assassinations, robbery etc.. they think we are "stealing" their foreign investments from them, well stop crying you all and go convince these foreign investors to go and work in your lovely and great iraq so they can finally abandon Kurdistan :lolz:

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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Autonomous South Kurdistan Becomes Regular Participant At Davos

ERBIL, South Kurdistan – Iraq’s autonomous South Kurdistan, whose president took part in last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, has been accepted as a regular participant at the annual summit, a presidential official said.

“From now on, Kurdistan will be invited to attend the forum every year,” said Fuad Hussein, who attended the summit with President Massoud Barzani.

The South Kurdistan gained autonomy from Iraq’s central government in Baghdad following the 1991 US invasion. It has vast energy resources and is at the center of Kurdish aspirations for an eventual homeland, putting it at odds with Iraq’s central government in Baghdad.

Barzani joined dozens of heads of state and foreign economic ministers at Davos.

“From Iraq no one had been invited and we found that quite strange,” Hussein told Rudaw.

He said that Barzani had attended a closed-door meeting about the Middle East and the crisis in Syria, presided by UN envoy Kofi Annan.

“The heads of state wanted to talk openly, that is why the meeting was held in private,” Hussein said. “President Barzani played a significant role, talking about the situation in Syria and the Kurds there.”

At Davos Barzani also met with Rex Tillerson, head of US oil giant ExxonMobil, just days after the executive held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Hussein said the meeting with Tillerson was at the company’s suggestion, and that in the talks Barzani had reiterated the South Kurdistan would honor oil deals it signed with the company.
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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BP warned off oilfield plans in Kurdistan autonomous region

By Guy Chazan

A senior official in the autonomous South Kurdistan has said BP risked putting itself in the “frontline” of a conflict between Baghdad and the Kurds if it proceeded with plans to revive a vast oilfield in disputed territory up north.

BP has offered to help rehabilitate the supergiant Kirkuk oilfield. But Kirkuk, which straddles the border between Iraq and lands administered by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), is the focus of a bitter fight that has poisoned relations between Baghdad and the Kurds.

Ashti Hawrami, the Kurdish minister of natural resources, told reporters that it was “fine” for BP to do a remote desktop study of the oilfield, but “physically entering into an agreement to work in Kirkuk is unacceptable”.

“What we really don’t expect to happen is a smart company like BP to put themselves in the frontline of a dispute,” he said. “The company should not allow themselves to be used for political purposes.”


The dispute is one aspect of an escalating conflict over control of Kurdistan’s oil that analysts say is turning into one of the greatest threats to Iraq’s stability. It has hampered efforts by Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister, to entrench his authority over the country more than a year after the US withdrawal.

Kurdistan, which has run its own affairs since 1991, has angered the federal government by signing a series of oil production deals with foreign majors such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Total – deals Baghdad says are illegal. It went further last month by announcing it had started independently shipping its oil to international markets, circumventing Baghdad’s export monopoly.

BP is one of the few big oil companies not to have entered Kurdistan. It is also the most committed to Iraq, having won a big contract in 2009 to raise production at Rumaila, an oilfield in the south of the country.

ExxonMobil, on the other hand, which won exploration acreage in Kurdistan in late 2011, has been told by the Iraqi government that it must choose between working in the south of Iraq and Kurdistan.

Kirkuk has been producing since the 1920s, but its output has slumped in recent years to about 270,000 barrels a day. one of its geological formations are controlled by Iraq, while two, the Khurmala Dome and Avana, are operated by a Kurdistan-based company.

BP said in a statement it had “made a proposal for short-term assistance” on Kirkuk, “which the Iraqi oil ministry appears to like and we are progressing on that”. It insisted though that it was “early days”.

Mr Hawrami said if Iraq was serious about wanting to rehabilitate Kirkuk, it should involve both the governorate of Kirkuk and the KRG in any negotiations on a deal.

In December the KRG halted shipments of oil through Iraq’s main export pipeline, and the minister said these would not be resumed unless the central government pays for prior sales.

He said Kurdistan had temporarily stopped trucking oil to Turkey until monitoring equipment had been installed at the border. These would be resumed soon, with exports expected to rise this year to about 20,000 barrels a day of crude and 15,000 b/d of condensate.

Financial Times
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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it really is game over for iraq, even if they cut the 17% we will get 100% of our oil exports meaning kurdistan will be getting lots of money vs this tiny 17% and you can all imagine the kind of weapons KRG would want to buy.

Though we will always get money from iraq like Kuwait, for the genocides it has done to our people. it might not be 17% but close to 10% i'd say. but this will start when we piss of cancerous iraq of course from our border lands from starting from Hamreen mountains.

since now Kurdistan is exporting 20,000 barrels a day of crude and 15,000 b/d of condensate, no iraqi f16 will EVER be able to attack even our areas that are outside of KRG's administrations. it is well game over for iraq, very well played by KRG AGAIN ! :clap
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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Great news thanks NRT vic

ExxonMobil visited ChamChamal today to set up a camp

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A delegation from Exxon along with KRG officials from oil department, today Wednesday, visited the Kirkuk district of Chamchamal, preparations are underway to setup a camp in the district.

According to the news crew from (NRT) TV, today Exxon visited the (Kani Kuchala) village, where Exxon is working on setting up a camp which is 3 KMs away from the district of Chamchamal, in order to start their operations in the Exxon block of Qara Hanir.

NRT reveals that from next week the exploration work will begin at the Qara Hanjir block.

NRT crew tried several times to get a briefing from the Exxon delegation in Chamchamal, but the security team accompanying the delegation told the TV crew that "due to the sensitivity of the subject, you are not allowed to talk to the delegation" thus our camera was forced to stop from taking any videos by the security team.

On the other hand NRT spoke to the Mayor of Chamchamal who revealed that KRG has allocated 60 Dunams (6 hectares) of land for Exxon in the village of Kani Kuchala.

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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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great news, Exxon is going nowhere, baghdad just have to now give in to a more lucrative deals due to their stupidity of calling our deals illegal and blocking them from signing oil deals with Kurdistan, it came around and stung them in their back door.

by the way the Qara Hanjir block is the red block right above Kirkuk and is set to be holding a massive reserve of oil, as a kid when we use to visit Kirkuk from Suli we use to go the Chamchamal sometimes to buy fruits and on the way i remember my dad was saying this is Qara Hanjir and he told me stories of oil poping up in peoples front yards.
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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Jan 31 13, 5:02
great news, Exxon is going nowhere, baghdad just have to now give in to a more lucrative deals due to their stupidity of calling our deals illegal and blocking them from signing oil deals with Kurdistan, it came around and stung them in their back door.

by the way the Qara Hanjir block is the red block right above Kirkuk and is set to be holding a massive reserve of oil, as a kid when we use to visit Kirkuk from Suli we use to go the Chamchamal sometimes to buy fruits and on the way i remember my dad was saying this is Qara Hanjir and he told me stories of oil poping up in peoples front yards.
Alan: thoose are The stories i want about the atrush field :D

But our 42 212 barrels per day flow speaks for itself :)
Edited by Kinematik, Jan 31 13, 7:34.
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Unfortunately i have never been to that area when i lived in KRG :(
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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:hi: unfortunately i have never been to that area when i lived in KRG :(
Ok :)


Where does this news go?? :D

Edit: moved to the right topic :)
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^^ Peshmerga topic :) , ill move it for ya. thanks
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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Kurdistan: foreign companies invested region nearly $ 15 billion and that it will not withdraw

The Kurdistan Alliance, on Thursday, confirmed that foreign companies have invested in the region substantial funds of up to U.S. $15 billion, and they will not withdraw from their contracts, while attributing the cause of low quantities of crude oil a Muslim to the central government by the agreement between the two sides to non-receipt of foreign companies for their financial dues .

The MP said the coalition Farhad Atrushi in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "It is contrary to the logic that the territorial Government is working to reduce the production and prevent international companies operating in the region to increase production, while trying to develop the fields," adding that "such action detrimental to the region by the federal government. "

He attributed Atrushi lower crude oil a Muslim to the federal government, to "non-receipt of corporate developer of fields in the region for their financial dues from the federal government three years ago, and the $ 4 trillion and 200 billion Iraqi dinars," stressing that "production companies will be below the level required in the event of did not receive financial dues and for long periods. "

The Atrushi to that "the region declared its readiness to raise these deliveries from 200 thousand to 300 thousand barrels per day, it is possible to reach in 2014 and 2015 to 500 thousand barrels per day, provided that the Government is committed to the Federal payment of dues of foreign companies operating in the region."

The Kurdistan Alliance MP that "officials and the Federal Oil Ministry think they if not paid dues of foreign companies, they will withdraw from the region, and therefore the region will depend on the conclusion of contracts with any foreign company", pointing out that they "do not know that these companies have invested in Territory substantial funds of up to U.S. $ 15 billion, and that it will not withdraw, and would wait until the problem is resolved. "

And wondered Atrushi "If the federal government contracts are signed by the region illegally, even if we assume that it is legitimate, why take revenues, and why pay for foreign companies operating in the region," calling them "not to use file oil as a means of political pressure."

The Ministry of Natural Resources in the South Kurdistan revealed, in (14 September 2012), the agreement with the federal government on the export of 200 thousand barrels of oil per day during the next three months, as well as the agreement on granting the region accounted for 17% of the total amount of crude oil refined in Iraq, The same percentage of the total crude oil, which is supplied to the power stations.

The ministers agreed on the governments in Baghdad and Erbil, (13 September 2012), the formation of a joint bilateral committees for scrutiny and resolve outstanding problems and payments to the oil companies in the region in light of the budget law.

It is noteworthy that the Kurdistan Regional Government was agreed to do company Addax Petroleum exporting crude oil from the Taq Taq field after being transferred to the export terminal Khurmala and from there to Turkey's Ceyhan port, to be sold by SOMO Iraq to oil marketing, and intervention and imports account the federal government, but the problems between the state governments without applying it.

The sharp crisis has erupted between Baghdad and Erbil on the back off the South Kurdistan in (the first of April 2012) pumping oil because of the dispute over financial dues to oil companies operating in it, with eased the crisis following the agreement of Baghdad and the South Kurdistan in the (14 September 2012) provides for payment of dues of oil companies by the federal government, where he was the Kurds this convergence will open new horizons to the relationship between the parties, and would allow the province to export 200 thousand barrels of oil a day.

Noteworthy that out renewed the ancient dispute between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil, due to the oil contracts concluded by the region and which Baghdad deems illegal, while the region say they are based on the Iraqi constitution and the bilateral agreements signed with the federal government.

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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KRG hopes to announce new oil block deals with majors next month

[8:19] 13/Jan/31

PNA - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is negotiating with two or three major international companies to operate oilfields and expects to announce the outcome in about a month, said officials, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with Baghdad.

The remarks by KRG’s Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami on Jan.29 highlight the autonomous region’s resolve to push ahead with development of its oil resources independently of the Baghdad-
based central government.

Kurdistan has upset the central government by signing deals directly with oil majors such as Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil, providing lucrative production-sharing contracts and better operating conditions than in the south of the country.

Hawrami stated last week that Kurdistan, which is in the north of Iraq and has run its own administration and armed forces since 1991, had awarded Chevron a stake in the Qara Dagh oil block.

“We are negotiating with two to three other significant companies. They will hopefully be announced in a month or so,” Hawrami told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in London. He also said Exxon Mobil’s contentious deal to operate in the autonomous region was on track.

Baghdad issued Exxon an ultimatum this week, telling the American oil major it must choose between operating in the north or the south, after Exxon’s chief executive Rex Tillerson had meetings in both regions.

KRG stopped contributing exports to Iraq’s pipeline from Kirkuk in the north to the Turkish port of Ceyhan in December.
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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WesternZagros's announces Kurdamir contingent resources jump to over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent

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WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros" or "the Company") is pleased to announce a fourfold increase in the Company's contingent resource estimates at the giant oil discovery on the Kurdamir Block in the South Kurdistan of Iraq. The total mean estimate of gross unrisked contingent resources ("Mean Contingent Resources") at Kurdamir has increased to 590 million barrels of oil ("MMbbl") in the Oligocene and Eocene reservoirs. When gas and condensate are included the Mean Contingent Resources exceed 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent as shown in Table A below. These estimates were audited by independent reserves evaluator, Sproule International Limited ("Sproule").

Simon Hatfield, WesternZagros's Chief Executive Officer commented,

"There's a saying in the oil industry: big fields get better with time, and Kurdamir is proof of that. The Kurdamir structure has the potential to be the largest light oil field discovered in Kurdistan, with the possibility that it extends on to our neighbouring Garmian Block. We're therefore highly motivated to drill the Kurdamir-3 well on the Kurdamir Block and the Baram-1 well on the Garmian Block this year to further delineate this giant discovery."

Table A: Mean estimates of the gross unrisked contingent and prospective oil and oil equivalent resources in the Kurdamir Block as of January 23, 2013. The resources presented are the gross volumes estimated for the indicated reservoirs without any adjustments for the Company's working interest or encumbrances.

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The Mean Contingent Resources in the Oligocene reservoir at Kurdamir have increased to 435 MMbbl of oil from the previously announced 147 MMbbl. When gas and condensate are included the Mean Contingent Resources in the Oligocene equal 786 million barrels of oil equivalent ("MMBOE").

This assessment also recognizes contingent resources in the Eocene reservoir on the Kurdamir Block for the first time. Mean Contingent Resources for the Eocene are 155 MMbbl of oil. When gas and condensate are included, the Mean Contingent Resources equal 226 MMBOE.

The corresponding mean estimate of gross discovered petroleum initially-in-place ("Mean Discovered In-Place Resources") increases to 2 billion barrels of oil. When gas and condensate are included, the Mean Discovered In-Place Resources equal 2.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

The mean estimate of gross unrisked prospective resources ("Mean Prospective Resources") for the Oligocene, Eocene and Cretaceous reservoirs combined is now 1.2 billion barrels of oil on the Kurdamir Block. When gas and condensate are included the Mean Prospective Resources equal 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent. As expected, these prospective resources have decreased from those previously announced primarily due to conversion from the prospective to the contingent category.

This is the fourth successive independently audited upward revision of contingent resources since the Kurdamir Discovery was announced in November 2009. The Company does not assess contingent resources for the Cretaceous reservoir due to insufficient confidence from test data.

Based on reservoir data obtained from the Kurdamir testing program and independent engineering assessments, the Company predicts that sustainable production rates of 7,000 to 11,000 barrels of oil per day are possible for individual wells in the Oligocene reservoir utilizing horizontal drilling and completions technology. These sustainable production rates would follow higher initial flow rates. Horizontal wells will also minimize gas production from the oil leg where it underlies the gas cap.

The operator, Talisman (Block K44) B.V. ("Talisman"), is currently preparing to drill the Kurdamir-3 appraisal well in order to continue delineating the field. The anticipated spud date is early February 2013. In addition, the Company is currently preparing to drill the Baram-1 exploration well on the Garmian Block (see Figure 1). The Baram-1 well has the potential to prove the extension of the Kurdamir Discovery onto the Garmian Block. A 3D seismic program on the Kurdamir Block is also underway. WesternZagros and Talisman each have a 40 percent working interest in the Kurdamir Block with the Kurdistan Regional Government ("KRG") holding the remaining 20 percent.

To view Figure 1: Kurdamir Discovery: Top Oligocene Depth Structure Map, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/849402_map.pdf.

WesternZagros will host a webcast on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, to discuss the Sproule audited resource estimates. The investment community is invited to participate in the webcast, which will begin at 9:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time. Access to the webcast is available at http://www.gowebcasting.com/4147. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company website, www.westernzagros.com, following the presentation.

Sproule carried out its independent audit in accordance with the current guidelines outlined in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook ("COGE Handbook") and in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities ("NI 51-101"). Pursuant to the COGE Handbook, an audit is the process whereby an independent qualified reserves auditor carries out procedures designed to allow the auditor to provide reasonable assurance that a reporting issuer's reserves data (or specific parts thereof) have, in all material respects, been determined and presented in accordance with the COGE Handbook and are, therefore, free of material misstatement.

Tables 1(a) and 1(c), below, provide estimates of the gross unrisked recoverable contingent and prospective oil, and oil equivalent resources for the Oligocene, Eocene and Cretaceous reservoirs included in this latest Sproule audit.

Tables 1(b) and 1(d), below, provide estimates of the gross unrisked discovered (oil and gas) and undiscovered (oil) initially-in-place, included in this latest Sproule audit of the Oligocene, Eocene and Cretaceous reservoirs of the Kurdamir structure.
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 is this right thread?

What do you say about this? Bad for KRG? Bad for maliki?

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5704.html Iranian Consul Says Obstacles Prevent Tehran-Erbil Energy Cooperation 31/01/2013 19:28:00By SIRWA HAWRAMI Font size: An Iranian oilfield. Photo: presstv Hewlêr , Kurdistan Region – Tehran is ready to invest in the Kurdistan Region’s energy sector but is prevented by obstacles, Iran’s top diplomat in Hewlêr said. Azim Hosseini, the Iranian consul general, added that the situation in Iraq is improving, that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) remains important to Tehran, and that Iran continues to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria in order to frustrate a “US agenda.” “Iran is ready to invest in Kurdistan’s oil sector and it has what it takes to do so,” Hosseini told Rudaw. “Agreements have been signed, but protocols have not been successful due to issues that are not in our control,” he said.
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