Iraq has suspended Basra Light crude oil loading at two export terminals in the country’s south after a pipeline leak, four shipping and trade sources said on Monday. One of Continue Reading
After the loss of Q-West to Iraqi forces on Saturday, signs emerge that the IS group is crumbling south of Mosul, just as more American troops are announced for the Continue Reading
The seizure of a key militant-held air base near the Iraqi city of Mosul moves Iraqi security forces closer to attempting to take it back from the Islamic State, and Continue Reading
Under black plumes from burning oil wells, Iraqi security forces advancing from the south retook an air base 65 kilometers south of Mosul Saturday, securing a key staging post for Continue Reading
Militants fired mortars on a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad late on Thursday, and in the confusion that followed, three suicide bombers in military uniforms infiltrated the compound and blew Continue Reading
Iraqi-focused oil company Genel Energy said it lowered its outlook for production from one of its key assets in the Kurdish north of the country. Genel, which lists headquarters in Continue Reading
Iraqi officials have again raised the figure for the number of people killed in Sunday’s suicide bombing in Baghdad. The health ministry said 281 were now known to have died Continue Reading
First pipeline problem in over two months causes exports to drop, but Kurdistan looks ahead to production hikes through the end of the year. Oil tanks at Turkey’s Mediterranean port Continue Reading
Iraqi oil earned more than $40 per barrel for the first time since September, a helpful boost as exports have dropped nearly 200 thousand bpd in two months. Indigenous IS Continue Reading
Iraq’s oil exports from the southern ports fell slightly in June as power generators burning more fuel to keep up with demand for air conditioning increased domestic demand, an official Continue Reading
