Shaikan Oil Field 2, Gulf Keystone

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A worker walks past pipes and machinery at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A worker stands near storage tanks at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A worker stand near machinery at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A worker turns a valve at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Two workers stand near machinery at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Twana, a chemical engineer, measures H2S levels in a laboratory at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Twana, a chemical engineer, measures H2S levels in a laboratory at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Twana, a chemical engineer, measures H2S levels in a laboratory at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Twana, a chemical engineer, measures H2S levels in a laboratory at the GKPI Production Facility...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Pipes at the Shaikan 1 and Shaikan 3 wells...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Pipes at the Shaikan 1 and Shaikan 3 wells...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: Pipes at the Shaikan 1 and Shaikan 3 wells...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A shepherd leads his flock past the pipes at the Shaikan 1 and Shaikan 3 wells...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: The Shaikan 3 well...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: The Shaikan 3 well...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: The Shaikan 3 well...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: The Shaikan 1 well...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

SHAIKAN, IRAQ: A pile of stones marks the spot where the Shaikan 8 well will be drilled...Gulf Keystone started its first exploration well in the Shaikan Bloc in 2009 and continues to expand exploration and production. (Sebastian Meyer/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)