Iraq may be the birthplace of OPEC and its second largest oil producer, but the bonds of its membership to the exporters group are likely to be tested again in 2021 as the volatile country faces its deepest economic crisis in decades, with fractious parliamentary elections looming in June. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Ever since OPEC teamed up with Russia and other allies in 2017 on a series of production cuts, Iraq has struggled to comply with its output quota, citing its desperate need for oil revenues to rebuild after years of war, as well as its long-standing dispute with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, which controls its own crude production. Though the country has significantly reined in […]