Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
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At Turkish port, Kurds load first pipeline exports
Turkey has facilitated the loading of KRG crude onto a tanker, raising the prospect of an escalating political dispute within Iraq and a legal battle between Baghdad and Ankara.
UPDATE: Record year for Iraq oil exports
In 2017, federal Iraq averaged more daily crude exports than ever before and a 37 percent revenue increase over 2016.
January oil revenues soar to decade high despite dip in exports
Independent oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan increased slightly, but oil prices helped Iraq overcome federal export slump.
Sunni nationalism eyes autonomy
As Prime Minister Maliki forges a Shiite governing coalition, Iraq’s Sunnis turn their backs on Baghdad.
Iraqi contracts develop as oil begins to move
Lebanon hopes to sign a deal with Iraq in the next two months to buy crude oil below market prices, after Baghdad agreed to sell oil to Jordan at $22 a barrel, Bloomberg's Massoud A. Derhally reported. "We are hoping for a similar agreement,'' Lebanese Minister of Finance Mohamad Chatah, 57, said in an interview […]
Chevron announces KRG block buy
The second-largest American oil company has bought two blocks from India's Reliance - another coup for the KRG, following last year's ExxonMobil deal.
KRG expects Baghdad technical oil delegation
Broad agreement to end oil disputes not expected until after new government, but KRG oil minister said upcoming meetings would make technical progress on oil development.
Kurdistan, Exxon gain key ally in Mosul
The governor of Ninewa province, once an opponent of Exxon's KRG contracts, now says joint oil development could help ease tensions in disputed territories.
Baiji refinery still threatened
Three days after Iraqi leaders declared the country's largest refinery secure, IS militants who control pockets of territory nearby have the facility in their crosshairs.
Shell gets its gas deal
After years of negotiations, Shell inks a 25-year gas company joint venture with Iraq, making it the largest investor in the country's oil sector.
Maliki’s Erbil visit opens door to oil talks
Meeting in Erbil for the first time in almost three years, PM Maliki and KRG President Barzani stress a new atmosphere of cooperation that could renew long-stymied oil policy dialogue.