Category: Iraq

KRG forces guard the Khurmala Dome oil facilities on Oct. 18, 2017. Kurdistan flags are still flying above the main entrance gate of the Khurmala Dome oil facility southwest of Continue Reading

The flow of crude oil through the Kurdistan pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have plummeted to some 225,000 bpd, from a typical flow of around 600,000 Continue Reading

Iraq plans to contract a foreign oil company to almost double the oil production capacity of the northern Kirkuk fields, to more than one million barrels per day, Oil Minister Continue Reading

Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi has asked BP ‘‘to quickly make plans to develop the Kirkuk oifields,‘’ an oil ministry statement said on Wednesday.  Iraqi government forces on Monday took Continue Reading

Federal forces are continuing a lightning advance to reassert control over Iraq’s disputed territories, including major oil fields formerly claimed by the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Kurdish Peshmerga forces Continue Reading

Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of Continue Reading

The Kurdish government in Iraq made good on an agreement to distribute a share of the production revenue from an oil field, a Norwegian company said Monday. Norwegian oil and Continue Reading

A month ago, Iraq’s Kurds raised their hopes for independence after voting overwhelmingly ‘Yes’ to break away from Iraq in a contentious referendum. Now, those dreams appear shattered after Iraqi Continue Reading

Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company vowed to maintain continuity in production and exports of Iraq’s northern crude flows Monday after an advance by federal forces ousted Kurdish troops controlling parts Continue Reading

Iraqi federal forces and Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers began shelling each other on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk city early Monday, after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced that he had Continue Reading

Oil exports flowing normally from Kirkuk and Kurdish fields Crude prices extend gains on concerns of supply disruption Iraqi forces moved to take over oil fields near the northern city Continue Reading

Iraqi on Monday forces captured the headquarters for the North Oil Company, northwest of Kirkuk, and a nearby refinery from Kurdish forces, without fighting, an Iraqi oil official said. Iraq Continue Reading

 Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain control of the oil-rich city, which is part of a region that Continue Reading

Kurdistan authorities have accused the central Iraqi government of planning to seize oil fields in the autonomous region. Baghdad is amassing military power in two areas south of Kirkuk – Continue Reading

Gulf Keystone became the second company in as many days to announce payments for oil exported from the Kurdish north of Iraq after its referendum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum said Thursday Continue Reading

The KRG fears federal Iraqi forces are plotting a “major attack” days after tensions combusted into two, hour-long firefights near the disputed Bai Hassan oil field. Peshmerga deploys on the Continue Reading

For much of the past month, the Kurdistan referendum on independence and its possible implications for the region have dominated news headlines from the Middle East. The fate of Kurdistan-controlled Continue Reading

After the liberation of Mosul, the Iraqi government said it was keen on getting oil out of the region to a Turkish sea port File photo by Ali Bayaty/UPI Oct. Continue Reading

Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luiebi has ordered state-held oil and pipeline companies to begin restoring oil flows from Kirkuk to Turkish port Ceyhan via a pipeline that bypasses Kurdistan, increasing Continue Reading

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

Militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) set fire to multiple wells at the Alas oil field Friday as Iraqi security forces progressed to the second phase of an operation Continue Reading

Even before the Kurds had stopped celebrating their vote for independence, Iraq, Turkey and Iran began trying to undercut it. ERBIL, Iraq — After a century of yearning , the Continue Reading

Operations in the Kurdish north of Iraq are going according to plan and sales agreements are moving forward, a Canadian energy company said Friday. ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., a Canadian company Continue Reading

Oil refineries are coming back online in northern Iraq as the Oil Ministry seeks to revive local economies and fuel the reconstruction of areas liberated from the self-proclaimed Islamic State Continue Reading

Iraq’s Parliament asked the country’s prime minister on Wednesday to deploy troops to a disputed area held by Kurdish forces, its latest retaliation against a referendum in which the autonomous Continue Reading

Lawmakers in Baghdad issued a 13-point directive Wednesday calling on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to impose federal authority over ports of entry and disputed territory controlled by the autonomous Kurdistan Continue Reading

Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday ordered the Kurdish region to hand over control of its airports to federal authorities or face a flight ban, as the Kurds claimed victory for Continue Reading

The U.S. State Department said it was dismayed by a decision from the Kurdish government in Iraq to move ahead with a referendum for independence. Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA Sept. Continue Reading

Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday, angered by a vote on independence by his nation’s Kurdish minority, gave the country’s Kurdish region until Friday to surrender control of its two international Continue Reading

Turkey and Iraq have stepped up the pressure on Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region of Iraq voted for independence. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to block Kurdish oil exports Continue Reading

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned that Iraqi Kurds would go hungry if Turkey decides to halt the flow of trucks and oil across its border with northern Iraq, Continue Reading

Turkey could cut off the crude oil flow from the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, putting further pressure on Kurdistan over what Continue Reading

Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum Monday has returned its renegade oil industry to the spotlight, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to threaten to cut off the region’s petroleum exports and Continue Reading

Poll on statehood opposed by Iraq, Iran, Turkey, U.S. Kurdish officials not expected to push for immediate secession Iraqi Kurds went to the polls Monday for a referendum on independence, Continue Reading

Kurds began casting ballots on Monday in a historic referendum on independence from Iraq despite vigorous opposition from the country’s central government as well as regional and world powers. Starting Continue Reading

The day before Monday’s Kurdistan independence referendum, Iraq’s National Security Council called on the world to respect claims to federal control over oil and borders. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Continue Reading