Iraq has informed farmers of a ban on planting rice and other water-intensive crops in the face of increasing shortages because of drought and shrinking river flows. A letter from Continue Reading
Iraq’s oil production in May rose to its highest level so far this year, as the country seeks to take advantage of strong oil prices. In combination, the federal government Continue Reading
Iraq will look at whether to increase oil output if OPEC decides to lift production at a meeting on June 22, the country’s oil minister said on Monday. Jabar al-Luaibi Continue Reading
OPEC and allies should not bow to the pressure to increase production to offset supply disruptions, Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luiebi said on Monday, adding that unilateral decisions could be Continue Reading
Iraq has started shipping crude oil through its Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) for the first time since 1991, the oil ministry said on Wednesday. The two million barrel cargo Continue Reading
Parliament retroactively amended Iraq’s election law Wednesday to require a full manual recount of the May 12 voting results, adding new uncertainty to an already volatile political landscape. The legislation Continue Reading
Some newly elected Iraqi lawmakers, linked with populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr whose alliance won the elections last month, are not sure that Baghdad’s participation in the OPEC production cut Continue Reading
Iraq’s Oil Ministry is denying that it has activated an agreement to export crude oil from Kirkuk to Iran, even though several Iraqi officials and an Iranian state news outlet Continue Reading
A crude oil swap deal between Iran and Iraq, which was supposed to begin in mid-April, has started, Iran’s Shana agency reported yesterday, as quoted by Reuters. Under the deal, Continue Reading
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has given the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until June 27 to formally provide answers to court queries, including arguments to support its claims that its autonomous Continue Reading
