Massive political challenges and financial constraints cast uncertainty on the Oil Ministry’s announcement that it will rehabilitate its decimated pipeline to Turkey. Iraq’s Oil Police secure the site of a Continue Reading
Iraq’s talks with Exxon Mobil to develop a multi-billion-dollar project to boost output from several southern oilfields are nearing completion, oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Monday. “Talks are in Continue Reading
Iraq will reopen an old crude oil pipeline to Turkey which bypasses one operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the oil ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Iraq’s Continue Reading
Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi fears a civil war within his country if issues regarding the Kurdish independence referendum remain unresolved, according to a new report from AP. Kurdish officials Continue Reading
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Thursday that Iraqi forces have driven the Islamic State group from one of the extremists’ last strongholds in the country, the northern town of Continue Reading
Iraq, Iran, and Turkey are taking a unified stance against Kurdistan’s oil sector after the region elected to seek independence from Baghdad in a referendum in September, according to a Continue Reading
New oil could come out of a northern province in Iraq as crews work to overhaul oil wells torched by the Islamic State , the oil ministry in Baghdad said. Continue Reading
A long offensive has seen the Iraqi army drive out IS from most of the country Iraqi forces say they have recaptured Hawija, one of the last enclaves of so-called Continue Reading
After oil shocks rippled through the market last week, the Kurdish government in Iraq said it was welcoming calls for dialogue from a leading Iraqi cleric. A risk premium last Continue Reading
Islamic State militants set ablaze on Saturday three oil wells near an area still under their control west of the oil city Kirkuk, to try to stop the advance of Continue Reading
