A power plant fired by associated gas from the Sarqala oil field is nearing completion, in a sign that Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is taking practical steps towards Continue Reading
Recent news reports were replete with Iraq declaring its willingness to invest $15 billion into new gas-focused projects that could reduce its reliance on one of Baghdad’s long-standing problems, its Continue Reading
The killings take place in public and are captured on surveillance footage. Those videos are then watched by millions. But even if the gunmen are identified, no one is prosecuted, Continue Reading
A resurgent Iran pumped its largest volume of crude in almost two years in April, while an increasingly compliance-challenged Russia also boosted its output yet again, bringing total production by Continue Reading
Iraq has extinguished a fire at a second well in Bai Hassan oil field in the Kirkuk region that was set on fire after an explosive attack on May 5, Continue Reading
Insurgents bombed two oil wells at Kirkuk’s Bai Hassan field and killed at least one guard on Wednesday — the latest sign that energy infrastructure remains vulnerable as the self-proclaimed Continue Reading
Iraq’s Bai Hassan oil field in the northern Kirkuk region was attacked by explosives on May 5 causing two wells to catch fire and leaving casualties, the oil ministry said, Continue Reading
Iraq posted a slight increase in oil sales last month, around 21,000 barrels per day (bpd) more than in March, but revenues fell by about 5 percent as global crude Continue Reading
Iraq is in talks with ExxonMobil to take over its 32.7% stake in West Qurna 1, the country’s oil minister said May 3, as the US major seeks to exit Continue Reading
Iraq could buy ExxonMobil’s 32.7-percent stake in one of the largest oilfields in OPEC’s second-largest producer, West Qurna 1, Bloomberg quoted Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael as saying Continue Reading
