Following the political and popular backlash in Iran over details of its plans to make the Islamic Republic effectively a client state through various multi-layered oil and gas deals, China Continue Reading
Billions of oil dollars and access to Iranian power and gas are at risk if Trump rejects a sanctions waiver renewal next month – or worse, if Iraq is sanctioned Continue Reading
Iraq’s crude production is steady at 4.46 million b/d in line with its OPEC quota and has not been affected by recent events in OPEC’s second largest oil producer, an Continue Reading
Chevron has temporarily evacuated expatriate staff and contractors from Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and heightened tensions in the Middle East, but said Continue Reading
Relations between Iraq and the U.S. are descending into uncertainty and turmoil, as Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi formally notified the U.S. on Monday that he intends to implement a Continue Reading
Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general, and President Donald Trump Continue Reading
Singapore-based Middle East crude oil traders said they were not ruling out the possibility of Iraqi Basrah crude supply being impacted as a result of political or logistical hurdles, following Continue Reading
Oil companies in the Middle East are tightening security as U.S. officials say American energy infrastructure in the region is a likely target for Iranian retaliation following the killing by Continue Reading
Rival Shi’ite political leaders on Friday called for American troops to be expelled from Iraq after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed a senior Iranian general, in an unusual Continue Reading
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the Oil Ministry said, after Continue Reading
