The fourth bidding round is now scheduled for May 30-31, as the model contract evolves and IOCs get time to respond.
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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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Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.
Open season begins for Kurdistan deals
Genel Energy takeover of Chia Surkh block a bellwether of deal-making and expansion in Kurdistan this year.
Exxon deal stokes territorial disputes
ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.
Kurd-Arab patrols rattle Kirkuk
Kurd, Arab and US soldiers are patrolling areas around the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, to the alarm of locals.
Cabinet approves Shell gas deal
A final signing could come as early as next week, after Iraq's Cabinet approved Shell's deal to capture billions of dollars' worth of associated gas that is currently flared in Basra.
Iraq talks tough with Exxon
As negotiations with Exxon begin, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said the Iraqi government won't condone contracts signed with Kurdistan.
Q&A: Barham Salih
Shortly after signing watershed deals with ExxonMobil, the KRG's prime minister discusses the resource curse, the U.S. withdrawal, and the future of Kurdistan's oil sector.
