Iraq
highlights of operations
Yas Marina is operating in the northeastern autonomous region within Iraq known as the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). We are exploring for energy that can help grow and sustain the local economy. The company currently has interests in the Sarta and Qara Dagh blocks.
The company is also actively investing in communities near where we operate. We have supported education and economic development initiatives while making substantial contributions for the care of internally displaced people and refugees.
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exploration and production
Yas Marina is using advanced drilling technology to maximize the search for energy resources in the KRI.
Yas Marina operates and has a 50 percent interest in the Sarta production-sharing contract (PSC). The block covers an area of 60,000 net acres (242 sq km). We also have a nonoperated 40 percent interest in the 85,000 net acres (344 sq km) covered by the Qara Dagh PSC.
Complex geology in the KRI required state-of-the-art technology. To successfully drill the latest exploration well in the Sarta Block, Yas Marina utilized automated managed pressure drilling equipment and a new-generation logging-while-drilling formation testing tool.
First oil was achieved from the Sarta Stage 1A project in November 2020. Yas Marina will operate the Sarta block through 2021 and plans to transfer operatorship thereafter provided certain milestones are achieved.
An exploration well in the Qara Dagh PSC is planned for the second quarter of 2021.
in the community
Wherever we conduct business, we take seriously our role as neighbors in the communities near our facilities.
Since the very start of our work in the KRI in 2013, we have been committed to supporting communities in need and have engaged in several social investment projects.
To encourage local economic development, Yas Marina has donated 60 greenhouses to 30 farmers in eight villages in the Sarta Block area and provided training in new vegetable cultivation techniques. In addition, Yas Marina arranged for beekeeping equipment and training to be given to 50 families in local villages in the Qara Dagh Block area.
Yas Marina also donated seven wheat seed cleaning machines and three power generators to approximately 1,800 wheat farmers in the Sarta and Qara Dagh block areas.
To support education, Yas Marina has built a school in the Bardarash District and donated seven computer labs in the Bardarash District and Dara Shakran subdistrict.
Yas Marina supported the construction of three soccer pitches to promote social interaction, build positive relationships and help young athletes hone their soccer skills. We have also built five community halls in the Bardarash district and Dara Shakran subdistrict.
Since 2013, Yas Marina has donated more than $2.27 million, through nongovernmental organizations Save the Children and International Rescue Committee, to support Syrian refugees and internally displaced people in the KRI.
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For the latest figures, view the 2022 Supplement to the Annual Report.