Iraq’s oil ministry said the country produced an average total of 4.36 million b/d of crude oil in January, down just 2,000 b/d from December, and putting it just above Continue Reading
Southern Iraq oil sales slightly decreased compared to January, but Kurdistan exports from storage pushed nationwide monthly averages up. A worker checks the valve gears of pipes linked to oil Continue Reading
The government cannot control large swaths of territory, as Islamic State insurgents solidify footholds and launch attacks targeting security forces and energy infrastructure. Iraqi forces drive past an oil production Continue Reading
The rehabilitation of a pipeline from northern Iraq could be in the cards for global oil companies, Iraq’s oil minister said at talks with a Russian company. Iraqi Oil Minister Continue Reading
The two sides reached an accord that is expected to lead to the restart of oil flows through a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey, which has been shut down since last Continue Reading
Kurdistan’s export pipeline to Turkey is the key to unlocking stranded Kirkuk production, but Baghdad, Erbil, and Ankara cannot agree on terms. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (center) and Oil Continue Reading
France’s oil and gas major Total is interested in bidding for the construction of a 150,000-bpd oil refinery in Nassiriya in Iraq, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar Continue Reading
Baghdad is open to business with any company interested in supporting the country, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari said in Moscow on Wednesday, answering a question about the activities of Continue Reading
Iraq’s Basra Oil Co is preparing to tender for a water injection project vital to increase its oil production capacity if talks with Exxon Mobil fail, the head of the Continue Reading
Iraq has agreed a deal with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government to resume crude oil exports through its pipeline to Turkey, halted since last July, local media quoted Prime Minister Continue Reading
