RE: Complete manipulation8 Aug 2023 12:40
Sniff_the_tip: 7 August 2023
HKN Energy Ltd. (HKN) provides the following update on opera�ons, financial posi�on, and recent events.
Iraq Budget Law
• Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials have expressed their view to industry par�cipants,
including HKN, that the recently enacted Iraq budget law will not provide enough funding for the KRG to
meet its financial obliga�ons, including those contractual obliga�ons under the Produc�on Sharing
Contracts (PSCs).
• Earlier this week the KRG received partial funding of $457 million from the federal government of Iraq. A
KRG spokesman commented that the KRG needs $698 million to make its required monthly payments
for government salaries and pensions.
• The Iraq budget law requires the KRG to deliver a minimum of 400k bopd to the Government of Iraq
(GOI) in return for rou�ne monthly monetary transfers from the GOI to the KRG. Such transfers have
historically been based on a percentage of actual expenditure and not �ed to oil sales volumes or oil
price.
• The KRG has appealed to the Iraqi Supreme Court claiming that several articles in the Iraq budget law
are unlawful and unconstitutional.
Iraq Turkey Pipeline (ITP)
• HKN has little confidence that the ITP will open soon.
• If and when the ITP opens, it is unclear whether the KRG could provide commercial assurances to oil
producers sufficient to achieve a production level of at least 400k bopd; the impact to KRG monthly
transfers from the GOI is unclear if the KRG fails to deliver the minimum volume commitment