DNO fast-tracks Peshkabir discovery in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
July 11, 2017
Norway’s DNO ASA is fast-tracking its Peshkabir discovery on the Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq with plans to acquire and install a production facility by yearend. That work will be followed by a pipeline connection to the Tawke export terminal at Fish Khabur.
Norway’s DNO ASA is fast-tracking its Peshkabir discovery on the Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq with plans to acquire and install a production facility by yearend. That work will be followed by a pipeline connection to the Tawke export terminal at Fish Khabur.
The operator spudded its Peshkabir-3 appraisal well on July 8 to further test Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs discovered in the Peshkabir-2 well. Three Cretaceous horizons including Upper, Lower Shiranish, and Qamchuqa tested 8,900 bo/d collectively of 28° gravity oil during a 2-week cased-hole testing program in May. Peshkabir-2’s Cretaceous column ranges 380-590 m, DNO said (OGJ Online, Jan. 10, 2017).
DNO placed Pishkabir-2’s Lower Shiranish Cretaceous zone on production in May at an average of 4,500 bo/d, which is trucked to Fish Khabur some 12 km away and commingled with Tawke production for pipeline export through Turkey.
Tawke license production has averaged 115,000 bo/d from two fields as of July.
