Alleged pipeline bombers arrested

Six suspects in the Dec. 13, 2011, bombing of the pipelines outside the Rumaila oil field, in front of a cache of weapons. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

Oil Police parade alleged perpetrators of numerous bombings of recent Basra oil pipelines as threats continue to oil and national security.

  • Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani in his office in Baghdad. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

    Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani

    The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.

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    Iraq oil exports, revenue rebound

    November oil sales have ticked up on higher oil prices and volumes, heading into uncertain new year with output expected to rise.

Despite nationwide investment, Exxon has Iraq output doubts

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ExxonMobil maintains its no comment policy in the post-KRG deal era, though global supply forecast shows caution on Iraq.

Exxon deal stokes territorial disputes

An Iraqi soldier (R) and a Kurdish peshm

ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.

Rumaila bounces back after bombing

Excess gas is burned off near workers at the Rumala oil field

Iraq's largest oil field has almost fully recovered from Tuesday's pipeline bombing, which took half of its production off line.

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Iraq talks tough with Exxon

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, then Oil Minister at the Jan. 25, 2010, signing ceremony for West Qurna 1 with executives from ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

As negotiations with Exxon begin, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said the Iraqi government won't condone contracts signed with Kurdistan.

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Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani in his office in Baghdad. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.