High quality oil in KRG holds ‘Turkish interest’
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Since Turkish
firms have discovered high quality oil in northern Iraq, Turkey cannot
remain indifferent to the oil and natural gas resources, says an
executive of Genel Energy that has discovered oil in the Chia Surkh.
Turkey cannot remain indifferent to the oil and natural gas resources in
northeastern Iraq, an executive of Genel Energy has said, as Genel
Energy and Petoil have discovered quite high quality oil in the Chia
Surkh site.
“We have got to know the region’s geological
structure very well. The reserves are good. And there could be even more
reserves far beyond those announced until now, both oil and natural
gas,” Genel Energy’s Head of Government and Public Affairs Pars Kutay
said. According to Kutay, these reserves are quite above the levels
which Turkey needs. “We believe that for an energy hungry country which
has limited energy resources, like Turkey, it does not seem possible to
be indifferent to such huge sources just 150-200 km away from its
borders” Kutay added.
The Chia Surkh site was discovered in 1902
but it was later closed because of the lack of technologies to drill
deeper. The site came to be known as the first site to be drilled in the
Mesopotamian region, even before the Kirkuk site. “We made our first
drilling in Chia Surkh. We plan four more. During the first drilling,
12,000 barrels a day with quite high flowing pressure make us very happy
as well as markets” Kutay said. From the first drillings, the two firms
reached high quality and light oil. “It is of as high quality as olive
oil,” Kutay added.
Genel Energy now operates in seven sites in
the Kurdish Regional Government territory, including Chia Surkh, Dohuk,
Ber Bahr, Miran, Bina Bawi, Taq Taq and Kewa Chirmila.
‘Consolidations’ to take place in northern Iraq
Adding
that they planned to carry out four more drillings in Chia Surkh to
develop the site, Kutay said they planned to start production by the
first half of 2014. “According to the data from the first well, we
believe the site has approximately 300 million barrels in reserves. We
believe that the site has reserves very close to the Taq Taq reserves
both in quality and quantity” Kutay said.
Kutay emphasized that
Turkey should develop the required policies about how it could use the
mentioned resources. “Big Oil is now in the region and now is the time
to see what these big companies do. There are also small companies in
the region. Big companies could acquire them,” Kutay said. According to
Kutay, there could be a series of consolidations in the region over the
next five years.
In response to a question about whether Genel
Energy would be acquired or if it would acquire, Kutay said, “There is
nothing about us. We have been the biggest in the region… Anything is
possible. It is business in the end.”
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