DNO ASA is an independent E&P company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of oil and natural gas properties. Founded in 1971 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Company holds stakes in onshore and offshore licenses at various stages of exploration, development and production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Norway, Oman, Somaliland, Tunisia, Yemen and the United Kingdom.

Already the leading international oil company in Kurdistan, with a 75 percent operating interest in fields contributing a third of the region's total exports, the Company is now firmly establishing itself in Norway as it completes the takeover of Faroe Petroleum plc. With 90 licenses, of which 22 are operated, DNO will leapfrog to the ranks of the top five companies in total licenses held in Norway.

Production and reserves

DNO announced a 29 percent year-on-year increase in its net Company Working Interest (CWI) production in 2019 to 104,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) on the back of acquisitions and a record drilling campaign. 

In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, production from the two fields in the Tawke license climbed from 113,100 barrels of oil per day (bopd) in 2018 (79,700 bopd CWI) to 124,000 bopd in 2019 (87,400 bopd CWI). Production of 122,800 bopd in the fourth quarter of 2019 was up 3,000 bopd from the previous quarter. The Company is operator of the Tawke license with a 75 percent interest.

With the acquisition of Faroe Petroleum plc, which gave the Company a foothold offshore Norway and the United Kingdom, production from the North Sea added another 17,400 boepd in 2019 (19,000 boepd in the fourth quarter was up from 14,900 boepd in the previous quarter). DNO currently holds 87 licenses in Norway and 15 in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Ireland; of these 28 are on production (13 fields) and the balance in various stages of evaluation, exploration and development.

Year end 2019 CWI proven and probable (2P) reserves stood at 345 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) down from 376 MMboe at year end 2018 after adjusting for production during the year and technical revisions, offset partly by reserves added through the acquisition of Faroe Petroleum plc in 2019.  Proven (1P) reserves stood at 206 MMboe and proven, probable and possible (3P) reserves at 540 MMboe.

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