Chevron resumes drilling operation in Kurdistan

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – The United States oil company Chevron Corp recently announced it had resumed drilling operations in the Kurdistan Region.

Chevron Corp. revealed it had “resumed activities” at oilfields in Kurdistan after it temporarily halted its operations following a fallout between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi government over the Sep. 25 independence referendum.

In an official statement, Chevron spokesperson Sally Jones confirmed the company had “resumed its activities in the [Kurdistan Region], and [had] restarted drilling operations at the Sarta 3 well.”

Despite Baghdad’s strong opposition, Chevron expanded its presence in Kurdistan in 2012 when it became a participant in the exploration for and development of oil and gas resources in the Region.

Chevron currently operates and holds an 80 percent contractor interest in two production-sharing contracts covering the Sarta and Qara Dagh blocks.

The US-based firm temporarily stopped drilling in Kirkuk, a disputed territory between Kurdistan and Iraq, after the military takeover of the province by Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias last October.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany