Category: Iraq

Oil smugglers in southern Iraq are continuing to steal crude and other oil products from southern pipelines, despite a ramp-up in security measures and calls from local leaders to curb Continue Reading

Iraq said it was in a unique position as an oil producer in the region with its steadfast commitment to supporting transparency in the industry. Iraqi Oil Ministry officials said Continue Reading

al-Masdar news . The Iraqi military’s attacks on Kurdish targets show “ongoing military aggression and unconstitutional demands”, the Peshmarga says. The Kurdish military says it has been put in the Continue Reading

 Iraq is in the process of adjusting to a paradigm shift in its northern oil sector, after the federal government took control of Kirkuk following an Oct. 16 military operation. Continue Reading

Iraq wants the Kurdistan region to stop independent crude exports and to hand over sales operations to the Iraqi state-oil marketer SOMO, the company’s director said on Thursday. Iraq is Continue Reading

Since the Iraqi army took control of the fields in the oil-rich Kirkuk area in mid-October, reports of disruptions in oil flows have been a daily occurrence, but now, according Continue Reading

Days after the federal North Oil Company restarted exports through the KRG-controlled pipeline, the Oil Ministry ordered a stop. The Jabal Bor production and gas oil separation stations of Kirkuk’s Continue Reading

Iraqi security forces are gaining control of the Akkas gas field, as they prosecute the final phase of an offensive to dislodge the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group from Continue Reading

Days after the federal North Oil Company restarted exports through the KRG-controlled pipeline, the Oil Ministry ordered a stop.  Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) has stopped pumping crude into Continue Reading