First foreign oil company attacked

An oil worker walks past a line of trucks used for conducting seismic survey at the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province on March 11, 2009. (THAIER AL-SUDANI/Reuters)

Zero casualty and only equipment damage, but Ninewa attack on exploration company raises profile of security threats to the oil sector.

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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.

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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.