Khurmala in the crosshairs
KRG forces guard the Khurmala Dome oil facilities on Oct. 18, 2017. Kurdistan flags are still flying above the main entrance gate of the Khurmala Dome oil facility southwest of Continue Reading
Kurdish Kirkuk-Ceyhan Crude Oil Flows Plunge To 225,000 Bpd
The flow of crude oil through the Kurdistan pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have plummeted to some 225,000 bpd, from a typical flow of around 600,000 Continue Reading
Iraq Aims To Double Kirkuk Oil Output Capacity To More Than 1 MMbpd
Iraq plans to contract a foreign oil company to almost double the oil production capacity of the northern Kirkuk fields, to more than one million barrels per day, Oil Minister Continue Reading
Iraqi oil minister asks BP to develop Kirkuk oilfields, oil ministry says
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi has asked BP ‘‘to quickly make plans to develop the Kirkuk oifields,‘’ an oil ministry statement said on Wednesday. Iraqi government forces on Monday took Continue Reading
Kirkuk crisis redraws northern Iraq’s oil map
Federal forces are continuing a lightning advance to reassert control over Iraq’s disputed territories, including major oil fields formerly claimed by the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Kurdish Peshmerga forces Continue Reading
Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance
Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of Continue Reading
Amid fighting, Kurdish oil payments continue
The Kurdish government in Iraq made good on an agreement to distribute a share of the production revenue from an oil field, a Norwegian company said Monday. Norwegian oil and Continue Reading
Kurds’ independence dreams shattered as Iraqi tanks enter Kirkuk
A month ago, Iraq’s Kurds raised their hopes for independence after voting overwhelmingly ‘Yes’ to break away from Iraq in a contentious referendum. Now, those dreams appear shattered after Iraqi Continue Reading
Iraq’s NOC vows to maintain Kirkuk oil flows after ousting Kurds
Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company vowed to maintain continuity in production and exports of Iraq’s northern crude flows Monday after an advance by federal forces ousted Kurdish troops controlling parts Continue Reading
Violence as federal forces move further toward Kirkuk
Iraqi federal forces and Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers began shelling each other on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk city early Monday, after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced that he had Continue Reading