Iraq does not see the need for more output cuts now, but if there is a need the country will support consensus within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Continue Reading
Besieged by international pressure to delay its independence referendum, the KRG gets geopolitical backup from a Rosneft agreement to underwrite oil and gas export pipelines. Massoud Barzani, the president of Continue Reading
Russian oil major Rosneft ( ROSN.MM ) will invest in gas pipelines in Iraq’s Kurdistan, expanding its commitment to the region ahead of its independence vote to help it become Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a police checkpoint on a highway near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Sept. 14. BAGHDAD—Islamic State gunmen Continue Reading
Negotiations begin over handing back the Majnoon operatorship, months after stake in West Qurna 1 was put up for sale, highlighting one major oil company’s resistance to Iraq’s tough terms. Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa.L ) is set to end a century of oil production in Iraq by withdrawing from two of the Arab state’s flagship fields to focus on Continue Reading
A majority of Iraq’s law enforcement network has congregated in the northern and western portions of the country to contain the efforts of the Islamic State to restart the reign Continue Reading
Negotiations begin over handing back the Majnoon operatorship, months after stake in West Qurna 1 was put up for sale, highlighting one major oil company’s resistance to Iraq’s tough terms. Continue Reading
A worker walks through the Majnoon oilfield in Basra, 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad, October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is seeking to Continue Reading
Iraq’s longtime head of oil sales, Falah Alamri, has been transitioned from director general of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to advisor to the Oil Ministry. Alaa al-Yassiri, acting Continue Reading
