Iraq maintained near-record high levels of oil exports in February, with overall sales averaging 3.996 million barrels per day (bpd). The export total includes 3.621 million bpd by the federal Continue Reading
Issuing yet another delay in the seven-year-old proceedings, Iraq’s chief justice appeared to question whether there is still an active constitutional dispute. Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court at the Aug. 14, Continue Reading
Of all the oil projects in Iraq, the Bashiqa exploration block – which straddles the line of control between the autonomous Kurdistan region and the federal government – is perhaps Continue Reading
One week after the Kurdistan region stopped all crude and fuel traffic to Iran, the order has been revised and exports have resumed. Tanker trucks have resumed exports to Iran, Continue Reading
The Kurdistan region’s two leading political parties have stumbled in their efforts to implement an agreement to form a new government in Erbil and elect a new governor of Kirkuk. Continue Reading
Three months into his tenure, Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban has reshuffled his senior staff – his first major initiative to put his imprint on the structure of the ministry. In Continue Reading
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) issued an order Thursday to end all oil and refined product exports to Iran immediately. The directive will stop the flow of hundreds of Continue Reading
In light of an OPEC quota agreement, Iraq has made steep cuts at state-run fields, but those reductions are being offset by long-planned increases at IOC-operated projects. Iraqi Oil Minister Continue Reading
Kurdistan’s two dominant political parties have made a breakthrough in their long-running negotiations to form the next Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) — talks that also aim to decide the governorship Continue Reading
Energy relations between Iraq and Iran are increasingly coming under pressure from the US government, which has forced OPEC’s second largest producer to end a crude supply deal with its Continue Reading
