The deals relate to the Mala Omar and Shorish blocks in the province of Arbil, the statement said.
Separately, the Akre-Bijeel block in the Dohuk province has been awarded to Kalegran Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc and Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd, a subsidiary of Britain’s Gulf Keystone.
The Shaikan block, also in Dohuk, has been awarded to Gulf Keystone, Texas Keystone and Kalegran.
The Rovi and Sarta blocks were granted to India’s Reliance Energy Ltd, it said, without specifying where the blocks are located.
Another block in Dohuk province has been awarded to a Western company, the statement said without giving any further details.
It added that four strategic blocks in Sulaimaniyah and Arbil provinces were granted to the Kurdistan Exploration and Production Company, a government-owned firm.
