Marathon Oil completes Kurdistan divestiture

Published by Nicholas Woodroof, Editor
Oilfield Technology, Monday, 03 June 2019 09:00

Marathon Oil Corp. has announced it has closed on the sale of its 15% participating interest in the Atrush Block in Kurdistan, where 1Q19 production averaged 2400 net boe/d (100% oil). As previously disclosed, this divestiture represents a complete country exit for Marathon Oil.

Including this transaction and the recently announced agreement to divest of its UK business, Marathon Oil will have exited from 10 countries since 2013.

Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/drilling-and-production/03062019/marathon-oil-completes-kurdistan-divestiture/

Wood Mackenzie: six-country international shale priority list for energy security as Middle East conflict drives supply diversification

Friday 17 April 2026 09:45

Middle East conflict has elevated strategic energy security priorities as countries seek supply diversification, international shale exploration can play a key role in meeting those goals, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie, titled “A hydrocarbon copy: the upstream industry’s return to international shale exploration”.

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