DNO ASA

Regulatory Filings • Jul 10, 2024

DNO Powers on in Kurdistan

DNO Powers on in Kurdistan

Oslo, 10 July 2024 - DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today

celebrated the 20th anniversary of the signing of its first production sharing

contracts in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. These contracts, signed in mid-2004,

marked the start of a journey that has created a modern oil industry in

Kurdistan, helped transform the local economy and catapulted DNO into the ranks

of the largest European exploration and production companies.

The acreage contracted by the Company included the highly prospective, and in

DNO's hands, highly productive, area that today hosts the prolific Tawke and

Peshkabir oilfields, the region's largest operated by an international oil

company.

Production from these fields (Tawke started up in 2007 and Peshkabir in 2017)

averaged above 100,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) until pipeline exports from

Kurdistan were halted in the first quarter of 2023 with the shutting down of the

pipeline through Türkiye to the Mediterranean.

Over the past 20 years, these two DNO-operated fields have together produced

more than 450 million barrels, generating USD 17.3 billion in revenues for the

Kurdistan Regional Government. In addition, DNO has created well paid jobs,

attractive work opportunities and a market for local suppliers of oil industry

goods and services.

"We've had feet on the ground in Kurdistan through thick and thin, ISIS and

crisis, in addition to all manner of legal, security and payment challenges but

have remained resilient and resolute," said Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, DNO's

Executive Chairman. "All the while, other companies large and small have come

and gone," he added. "We remain firmly committed to Kurdistan and our next

challenge is to optimize and monetize our share of production by tapping

international markets."

Despite the recent shutdown of oil exports and subsequent scaling back of

investments, DNO has maintained gross production of around 80,000 bopd in 2024,

representing a quarter of Kurdistan's total output. The Company's net

entitlement share is sold on a cash and carry basis and transported by traders

by road tanker to local refineries though at a discount to international prices.

DNO holds a 75 percent stake in the Tawke and Peshkabir fields but under the

production sharing contract, the Kurdistan Regional Government has received the

bulk of the oil produced while the Company and its partner Genel Energy

International Limited have paid all costs.

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For further information, please contact:

Media: media@dno.no

Investors: investor.relations@dno.no

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DNO ASA is a Norwegian oil and gas operator active in the Middle East, the North

Sea and West Africa. 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,

the United Kingdom, Côte d'Ivoire, Netherlands and Yemen.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to §5-12 of

the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.