An explosion has halted oil production at the Sarsang oilfield in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, field operator HKN Energy has confirmed. The company said in a social media post on Tuesday that an explosion occurred earlier the same day “at approximately 7 am local time at one of its production facilities in the Sarsang field.”

BP, Eni and TotalEnergies have begun evacuating foreign personnel from Iraqi oilfields where they operate, state-run Basra Oil Company said on Monday. Output from Iraq's southern oilfields for the time being remains unchanged with exports averaging 3.

Meanwhile, “the Chinese companies managing West Qurna 1 [oil field, northwest of Basra], the Siba [gas field, southeast of Basra], and the Faihaa oil field [north of Basra], have not evacuated ...

Production from Siba gas field in southern Iraq will begin in January 2018, according to operator Kuwait Energy. A total of 18 new wells are expected to be drilled over the life of the field, which is expected to maintain an average production of 100 million cubic feet a day, the energy firm said in a note to the London Stock Exchange, where it will list in June.

Iraq has approved plans to double the production of a key gas field as part of a post-war scheme to rehabilitate its oil industry, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani has said. The output capacity of Siba gas field in the Southern Basra Governorate is currently estimated at 50-60 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d), Ghani said in a weekend statement.

Iraq plans to raise theproduction capacity of Siba gas field in Basra from 60 millionto 100 million standard cubic feet (mscf) per day, a statementby the Iraqi oil ministry cited minister Hayan ...

Iraq has begun producing gas from the Siba gas field in southern Basra governorate, and has announced achieving an output rate of 25 million cubic feet a day (cf/d). The Oil Ministry will work towards achieving maximum output of 100 million cf/d from the field by the end of this year, minister Jabbar al-Luiebi said at the inauguration of the central gas production station of the asset on 25 April.

Iraq's oil ministry has signed deals with foreign companies to develop its Mansuriyah and Siba natural gas fields, as it tries to boost its energy production and break into global gas markets.

Iraq's oil ministry signed deals with foreign companies on Sunday to develop its Mansuriyah and Siba natural gas fields, as it tries to boost its energy production and break into global gas markets. The OPEC member signed a deal with South Korean group Kogas , Kuwait Energy Company, and Turkey ...