A company statement added that a second tender is underway for two further deliveries of similar size, and these are expected to be completed in February.

Sales of the Shaikan production facility’s export-quality crude oil currently stands at between 9,000 and 10,000 barrels per day. Construction work on a second production facility for the site is ongoing.

Per plans announced in June 2013, Gulf Keystone expects to be producing 150,000 barrels daily from Shaikan within three years.