Likely next NOC chief versed in northern Iraq complexities
In mid January, a week after Bashir Murad was named as a deputy director general of the North Oil Company (NOC) with administrative authority to act as de facto director Continue Reading
Iraqi parliament to convene Wednesday for confidence vote for new cabinet: official
Iraq’s parliament is expected to convene on Wednesday to vote on granting confidence to the new cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Allawi, first deputy speaker Hasan al-Kaabi said, the state-run Continue Reading
Oil exports into Iraqi Kurdistan give Syrian Kurds a financial lifeline
Thousands of barrels of oil per day are flowing from Syria into Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region, in an opaque trade that has served for several years as a financial lifeline Continue Reading
Iraq increases security around Basra oil fields, facilities: official
Iraqi forces are increasing security around southern oil fields and facilities in Basra province as OPEC’s second-largest oil producer continues to grapple with protests demanding political and economic change. Iraqi Continue Reading
Iraq increases security around Basra oil fields, facilities: official
Iraqi forces are increasing security around southern oil fields and facilities in Basra province as OPEC’s second-largest oil producer continues to grapple with protests demanding political and economic change. Iraqi Continue Reading
Iraq’s prime minister-designate to name cabinet, including oil minister, this week
Iraq’s prime minister-designate Mohammed Allawi said he will name members of his cabinet this week, including the oil minister, pending approval of parliament on his choices of ministers for OPEC’s Continue Reading
Coronavirus fear disrupts staff rotation at major Iraqi oilfields
When senior officials at many Chinese oil and services companies working in Iraq departed in January, it was a routine rotation timed with the Chinese New Year holiday – until Continue Reading
US extends Iran sanctions waiver for Iraq for 45 days: State Department spokesman
The US has again extended a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity and natural gas despite US sanctions, a US State Department spokesman said Wednesday. “The US has granted Continue Reading
U.S. Set To Extend Iraq Waiver For Energy Imports From Iran
The United States is inclined to extend the waiver to Iraq to continue importing electricity and natural gas to Iran, which are vital to Iraq’s energy needs, three senior Iraqi Continue Reading
Gas contract feud highlights Kurdistan’s political rivalries
Internal divisions in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have broken into the open, as rival factions feud over a contract to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the Khor Continue Reading