Exxon still quiet on Kurdish deals

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

Exxon declined to report its KRG deals in a quarterly filing, but disclosure rules could require the company to break its silence in February.

  • 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)

    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.

  • Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government

    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.

Kurdish oil boom begins

Larry Morrow, a construction supervisor for Norway's DNO Iraq, taking a call about work at the Tawke field as he overlooks the crude processing facility at DNO's Feyshkabour export center. On the far right is where Tawke field oil is piped in. To the left, pipelines running from a tanker offloading center where other KRG fields truck their crude to be exported. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Despite major unresolved political disputes, exports hit record levels from Iraqi Kurdistan, which is looking to expand production further as companies begin collecting the payout from Baghdad.

Q&A: Barham Salih

Barham Salih, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, in his office in Erbil. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

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.

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Turkey continues energy strategy in Iraq

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim al-Luaibi (left) and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz wait to sign the Siba and Mansuriya gas fields contracts at the Iraq Oil Ministry headquarters in Baghdad June 5, 2011. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

The state-owned oil company of Turkey finalized two gas deals, increasing its strategic energy investments with its restive southern neighbor.

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Q&A: Barham Salih

Barham Salih, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, in his office in Erbil. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

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.