Category: Iraq

Assassins killed a legal advisor of the state-run North Oil Company (NOC) and seriously injured the deputy to the inspector general, the third time a high-level NOC official has been Continue Reading

For Iraq’s armed forces, and the Americans who are training and backing them, the drive in Anbar province is critical. RAMADI, Iraq — In a small army camp on the Continue Reading

More than six months after falling to the Islamic State, the city center of Ramadi is under siege by Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters backed by American air power. Continue Reading

Iraq’s Oil Ministry has revamped the management of South Oil Company (SOC) in an ostensible effort to decentralize authority and enable quicker decision-making.The new structure will make the SOC “more Continue Reading

Emirati energy company Dana Gas said the Kurdish government of Iraq owes it and its partners more than $11 billion for interfering with oil-field operations. Dana last month reached an Continue Reading

Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes declared a major victory last month over Islamic State after cutting access to a key supply route in northern Iraq. Yet days later Continue Reading

When Basra Heavy was first introduced to the market, buyers were hesitant – and oil companies forced to load it complained.But now new markets are demanding it, and the quality Continue Reading

Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it received payments for exports from the Kurdish government in Iraq, which it said would boost its corporate sustainability. The company, which has headquarters in London, Continue Reading