Wells in the Kurdish north of Iraq tied to production facilities to boost production, oil companies say. Photo by Christopher Halloran/Shutterstock BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Oil companies working in the Kurdish north of Iraq said Tuesday they completed infrastructure that should increase total production by more than 60 percent. Hungarian energy company MOL and Gulf Keystone Petroleum, which has headquarters in London, said in coordinating statements three wells in the Shaikan oil play in the Kurdish north are now connected to existing production facilities. With the addition, the companies said total production should increase from a combined average of 24,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to 40,000 boepd. “We continue to focus our efforts to achieve volumetric increase in our assets in the Kurdistani Region of Iraq and also work together with the Ministry of Natural Resources in order to monetize production the most efficient way,” […]