Companies working in the Kurdish north of Iraq say they’ve reached milestones in terms of production and export deliveries. UPI/Gary C. Caskey LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) — Companies operating in the Kurdish north of Iraq said Monday they reached a milestone in terms of production and shipments for exports through Turkey. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, a British company, announced with its Hungarian partner, MOL, it was now producing oil from seven wells in the Shaikan development in the Kurdish north of Iraq and expected an eighth to come online later this month. As of Dec. 29, the companies said production was around 40,000 barrels of oil per day, with a record number of 354 trucks crossing the Turkish border with a combined 58,000 barrels of Shaikan crude oil for export sale . “No question, reaching [the] production level is a significant milestone in the project,” MOL Executive Vice President Alexander […]