The Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) in Baghdad moved swiftly when the U.S. re-imposed sanctions against Iran, ordering its Oil Ministry to breach part of the supply gap by increasing Continue Reading
A series of explosions in Iraqi oil hotpot Kirkuk has killed at least five people and injured 18 more, medical sources reported to Reuters on Thursday . No one has Continue Reading
Iraq lifted a state of emergency which was declared at the Majnoon oil field in the south of the country because of floods, Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Saturday. Continue Reading
Khurmala Dome accounts for one-third of Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil output; the federal North Oil Company, which controlled the field until 2008, is taking legal action to reclaim it. Then-KRG Prime Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not made a decision on extending a 90-day U.S. waiver exempting Iraq from sanctions to buy energy from Iran, a State Department spokeswoman Continue Reading
Iraq’s Basra Provincial Council is calling on the Iraqi government to take Exxon to task over its decision to evacuate its engineers from its West Qurna oilfield in the Basra Continue Reading
A new border crossing between Iraq and Syria is under construction in an area controlled by Iran-affiliated militias, Fox News reports , citing satellite images revealing construction works at the Continue Reading
Iraq’s unresolved oil disputes are once again garnering attention from members of Parliament, who are voicing criticism of an informal political deal that has helped increase the federal government’s crude Continue Reading
Iraq will raise the oil production from its giant West Qurna 1 field by as much as 50,000 bpd in the next few days, a senior industry official told Reuters Continue Reading
Six months into Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban’s tenure, his ministry is fighting against major political headwinds as it pursues strategically important deals. Surrounded by grandstanding politicians who have already Continue Reading
