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DNO suspends oil production in Kurdistan Region

PM:06:49:29/03/2023

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SULAIMANI — Norwegian oil and gas firm, DNO suspended its oil production in the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday (March 29).

The oil company said in a statement that oil production has stopped in Tawke and Peshkabir in Duhok province.

The two fields produced 107,000 barrels of oil per day in 2022, amounting to 25 percent of the Region's oil revenues, the statement said.

DNO's Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani said that unfortunately, at this time when oil price is high, the Region's oil production have been suspended.

The company's statement also said that before the transfer of oil to Turkey was halted, 400,000 barrels of oil were transported daily to Turkey.

Turkey halted the Region’s oil export after the Iraqi government won an arbitration case against Turkey over the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) oil pipeline exports through the Turkish port.

On Tuesday, oil production in Hasira oil field in Garmian administration was suspended a source from the field told NRT.

(NRT Digital Media)