Council of Ministers end-around feuding factions – for now – and move to restart the national oil company with support of key political blocks.
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Q&A: Former Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Top Maliki confidante gives his candid take on Iraq's political landscape, oil disputes and security crisis as national elections loom.
Q&A: Ali Nazar al-Shatari, deputy director general of SOMO
Infrastructure bottlenecks will limit Iraq's exports and production in the short term, but SOMO is squeezing value from oil sales through new marketing strategies.
Technical assessment of the INOC Law
A technical look into the young draft law to reestablish Iraq's national oil company.
Parliament rebuffs Cabinet oil law
The Parliament's oil and energy committee has voted against the Cabinet's draft oil law, reviving the debate over long-delayed, crucial legislation.
Iraq revives efforts to revamp oil sector legislation
Hydrocarbons and national oil company laws get renewed push after more than a decade of political deadlock.
Q&A: Abdul Mahdy al-Ameedi, chief of Iraq oil contracts
The head of the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate discusses negotiations with Exxon, Iraq's new oil contract terms, the future of Kirkuk, and much more.
Oil experts debate a new state oil company
Two ex-oil ministers favor it, the current oil minister opposes it, but a hearing this week over a new Iraqi National Oil Company indicates Parliament may be serious about legislating.
Q&A: Thamir Ghadhban, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil
In the midst of an unpredictable protest movement, Iraq's oil sector has avoided output disruptions and plans are on track for developing new production and export capacity.
Q&A: Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani
Iraq's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil, the KRG budget proposal, the status of fighting in Anbar and more.
Oil Ministry objects to Iraqi budget law, citing risks to oil sector
Iraq cannot pay oil companies on time under its 2021 budget law, the Oil Ministry said in an official letter seeking a legal intervention.
Q&A: Finance Minister Ali Allawi
Allawi discusses ending Kurdistan budget transfers, new expenditures under a stop-gap spending law, power payments to Iran, and implementing a Chinese financing deal.
Iraqi Kurds condemn Baghdad oil law
Accusing Maliki of "authoritarian" and "dictatorial" behavior, Kurdish leaders are moving to undercut the Cabinet's draft oil law and push the Parliament's competing version.
Q&A: Ibrahim Bahralolom, MP and former oil minister
Following the passage of seminal legislation to resurrect the Iraq National Oil Company, one of the principal authors discusses how it will reshape the country's oil sector.
Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani
The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.
Special committee to jump-start oil law
A new Parliament panel will facilitate long-delayed oil legislation, as leaders struggle to overcome a crippling political crisis.
Oil law deal unlikely this year
After politicians optimistically touted a new oil law negotiating framework, the two sides have yet to meet and positions remain entrenched.
Who killed Kurdistan’s oil exports?
Secret documents illuminate the agreement that re-started Kurdistan's exports and the reasons for its collapse.
Janabi presses oil sector overhaul
Parliament's top oil policymaker outlined his vision for the oil sector, advocating for legislation that would check the Cabinet's power.
Analysis: Oil law scuffle tests Parliament’s power
A constitutional conflict between Iraq’s legislative and executive branches appears to be brewing, and oil legislation is at the center of the storm.
Progress on Kurdistan budget deal, but obstacles remain
Baghdad approves temporary funding deal but unresolved oil issues hang over a potential budget law amendment to unlock more reliable financial transfers.
Q&A: Oil Minister Ihsan Ismaael
Iraq’s oil chief discusses negotiations with Total and Chevron, arbitration with Exxon, the future of INOC, several gas project updates, and budget talks with the Kurdistan region.
Iraq’s crude oil production capacity: the way ahead
Thamir Ghadhban, the top oil adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, charts the goals and assesses the problems for the country's oil sector.
Q&A: PUK Co-President Lahur Talabany
The co-leader of Kurdistan's second-largest party discusses politicized oil policies, factionalized leadership, security risks, and Iraq's national budget.