The UAE’s Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas announced on 3 April that expected completion of work to add 250mn cfd capacity to the Khor Mor gas field has been brought forward to 1Q 2026. The expansion project for the field in Iraqi Kurdistan, which is currently producing nearly 525mn cfd, had been scheduled for 2Q 2026 (MEES, 7 February). Khor Mor is operated by Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas on behalf of the Pearl Consortium, which also includes OMV, MOL and RWE.
Pearl also has the license to the nearby Chemchemal field, and the partners now say that following the restart of appraisal work, output of up to 71mn cfd is expected to start next year. The partners say that $160mn will be spent to “drill three wells, install an extended well test (EWT) facility, and construct associated enabling infrastructure.” The partners last drilled an appraisal well in Chemchemal in late 2019, with Dana Gas reporting promising results back then (MEES, 4 October 2019). (CONTINUED - 197 WORDS)