(WO) - 挪威石油和天然气运营商 DNO ASA 宣布其在伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区 Tawke 许可证的总产量持续增长，12 月份平均日产量接近 90,000 桶。

这使得 2023 年第四季度的预计产量从第三季度的 26,000 桶/日上升至 65,000 桶/日，而在 2023 年 3 月伊拉克-土耳其管道关闭后，第二季度的产量为零。

在 Tawke 许可总产量中，近 40% 代表了该公司当前的权益份额，该份额以每桶 30 多美元至 30 多美元的价格出售给当地买家。所有此类销售均以美元预付给 DNO 为条件，以消除任何欠款累积的风险。

除了加强本地销售外，自管道关闭以来，DNO 还大幅降低了成本，Tawke 许可证的运营支出平均比出口关闭前水平低约 65%。Tawke 许可证持有自 2007 年以来一直在生产的 Tawke 油田和自 2017 年以来一直在生产的 Peshkabir 油田。这两个油田在发现后不到两年的时间内就已开发并投入生产。

“这些都是有弹性的领域，DNO 是一家有弹性的公司，”DNO 执行主席 Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani 表示。“即使当地销售价格低至通过土耳其出口销售实现的一半，强劲的生产也为 DNO 带来了实质性的自由现金流。”

“我们仍然相信 DNO 和其他国际石油公司面临的最新挑战将再次得到解决，我们仍然致力于像过去二十年一样发展我们在库尔德斯坦的业务，”莫萨瓦尔-拉赫马尼说。“尽管我们的重点是挪威，但在过去的两到三年里，我们一直在报告一个又一个的勘探发现。”

继 2019 年发现井后，DNO 计划于 2024 年在库尔德斯坦的 Baesiqa 许可证中再钻一口井。

DNO 负责运营并拥有 Tawke 许可证 75% 的股份，合作伙伴 Genel Energy International Limited 持有其余股份。在 Baesiqa 许可证中，DNO 持有 64% 的经营权益（80% 支付利息），合作伙伴土耳其能源有限公司持有 16% 的权益（20% 支付利息），库尔德斯坦地区政府持有 20% 的附带权益。

(WO) — Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO ASA has announced a continued rise in gross production from its Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with the December average approaching 90,000 barrels of oil per day.

That lifts the projected fourth quarter 2023 figure to 65,000 bopd, up from 26,000 bopd in the third quarter and zero production in the second quarter, following closure of the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline in March 2023.

Of the total Tawke license production, close to 40% represents the Company’s current entitlement share, which is sold to local buyers at prices in the low to mid- 30s per barrel. All such sales are conditional on advance payment in U.S. dollars to DNO to eliminate any risk of arrears build up.

In addition to stepping up local sales, DNO has reduced costs materially since the pipeline closure, with operational spend in the Tawke license averaging some 65% below the pre-export shutdown level. The Tawke license holds the legacy Tawke field in production since 2007 and the Peshkabir field in production since 2017. Both fields were developed and put in production less than two years following discovery.

“These are resilient fields and DNO is a resilient company,” said DNO Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani. “Even with local sales prices as low as half of those realized from export sales through Türkiye, strong production generates material free cash flow for DNO.”

“We remain confident that the latest challenges facing DNO and the other international oil companies will be resolved once again and we remain committed to growing our business in Kurdistan as we have over the past two decades,” Mossavar-Rahmani said. “And that is notwithstanding a pivot to Norway where we have been reporting exploration discovery after discovery over the past two to three years.”

DNO is planning to drill another well in the Baeshiqa license in Kurdistan in 2024 following a discovery made in 2019.

DNO operates and has a 75% stake in the Tawke license with partner Genel Energy International Limited holding the balance. In the Baeshiqa license, DNO holds a 64% operated interest (80% paying interest) with partners Turkish Energy Company Limited holding a 16% interest (20% paying interest) and the Kurdistan Regional Government holding a 20% carried interest.