Iraqi Kurds have pushed forward with renewed vigor to retake land from Islamic State in recent weeks, territory that could be used as bargaining chips in future negotiations they are Continue Reading
The agreement to resume exporting Kirkuk crude through the KRG-operated pipeline came after the appointment of a new Iraqi oil minister and a visit by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani Continue Reading
More than $100 million was paid out to the Kurdish government as part of a production-sharing contract, struggling Gulf Keystone Petroleum said. The company said Monday it paid out $112.5 Continue Reading
Kirkuk conflict Baghdad has been discriminating against the province of Kirkuk in northern Iraq and has not been paying its dues for oil revenues since 2014, so there is no Continue Reading
Baghdad is considering a proposal to send Kirkuk crude to a private refinery in Sulaimaniya province and by truck through Iran, part of a plan to maximize the once-shut assets Continue Reading
An Iraqi Shi’ite militia said on Wednesday it had dispatched more than 1,000 fighters to the frontline in neighboring Syria, escalating foreign involvement in the battle for Aleppo, the biggest Continue Reading
Iraq can support freeze ‘for a certain period’: SOMO official Country sees its oil production growing; won’t flood market Iraq has given fellow OPEC members the level of crude production Continue Reading
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) oil exports and revenues fell month-on-month again in August due to an attack on a key oil field, though a new political deal to split Continue Reading
Iran can raise output to 4 million b/d in 2-3 months: NIOC Oil producers meeting in Algiers this month for output talks As speculation swirls over whether oil producers will Continue Reading
The KRG has begun an oil transfer to the federal government’s storage tanks in Turkey after political leaders finalized details for temporary export cooperation. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (center) Continue Reading
