Gulf Keystone Petroleum is the operator of the Shaikan Field, situated around 60 km to the north-west of Erbil, the largest city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and covering an area of 280 km². The Company has a Production Sharing Contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government and has an 80% working interest in the Shaikan licence.

Operations Diagram Background
2.5 km

PF-1

First oil
SH-1September 2010
SH-3November 2011
SH-4March 2014
SH-7December 2014
SH-8March 2015
SH-9December 2020
SH-15April 2022

PF-2

First oil
SH-2June 2014
SH-5June 2014
SH-10December 2014
SH-11April 2015
SH-12November 2019
SH-13December 2021
SH-14December 2021
SH-16December 2022
SH-17TBC
SH-18TBC