Exxon keeps its head down as it works Iraq

Vierbuchen, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures, shakes hands with al-Ameedi, deputy director-general at PCLD, after signing a deal in Baghdad

The fate of the company is apparent, despite the controversy, as it carries on with its seven deals in Iraq.

  • Q&A: Ashti Hawrami Part 2

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    The head of KRG oil policy details his interpretation of the Constitution and how it applies to his oil deals, the oil deals of Baghdad, and the delayed oil law.

  • Q&A: Ashti Hawrami

    Hawrami, Iraqi Kurdistan's natural resources minister, speaks during an interview with Reuters in the city of Arbil

    Kurdistan's Minister of Natural Resources explains the history of the semi-autonomous region's export deal with Baghdad, why it all fell apart, and what it will take to re-start.

Behind the Kurdistan export dispute

DNO's Tawke Oil Field in Iraqi Kurdistan

After the end of Kurdistan's exports, the public debate has lacked solid information about the flawed export deal and the negotiations that produced it. Iraq Oil Report publishes key documents, analysis and interviews that explain it all.

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Gas fuels Kurdistan’s power politics

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Iraq's Kurdish region is meeting nearly all its power needs by investing in natural gas fields – and, in a strategic calculation, it's willing to share.

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