A key leader in the development of the Khor Mor gas field, Majid Jafar discusses the project that has fueled Kurdistan's economic boom and become Exhibit A in the argument for reforming Iraqi gas policy.
A politburo member of a small but influential party in Kurdistan talks about the obstacles to Kurdish cohesion in Baghdad, and the changes the party is demanding in Erbil.
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.
With a dispute over Basra's 2014 budget allocation looming, the governor of Iraq's oil capital is threatening to launch protests and even shut in oil exports.
The leader of Iraq's oil capital discusses economic development and security for Basrawis and oil companies.
Iraq is racing to improve electricity service in time for summer — and reduce dependence on Iranian energy imports — with new cross-border tie lines, more generation capacity, and initiatives to rein in demand.
By settling with Dana Gas and partners, the Kurdistan region avoids tens of billions of dollars of potential liability and commissions massive new gas production within two years.
Plus: *President Talabani meets with Lukoil executives *OMV to start drilling two wells next year in KRG block *Tigris, Euphrates levels affecting gas liquification *Crescent Petroleum’s Majid Jafar Q&A *Much, much more... After several months of negotiations and pressure from the Iraqi government, BP and Exxon Mobil Corp. have finally submitted proposals to the Iraqi […]
Oil Ministry nets significant victory with three mid-size oil firms successfully bidding on six projects after concerns raised by companies.
Plus: *Iraq’s next oil deals *Basra exports back *DNO production up *Tee times in Iraqi Kurdistan *Much more… Al Herman is no diplomat. His choice words are frank, sometimes unprintable, and usually effective. As America's top adviser to Iraq's Electricity Ministry for the past 28 months, he's butted heads professionally with Iraqi ministers and the […]
Militants have disabled Iraq's northern export pipeline since March, and are now targeting other energy infrastructure.
The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq — questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that […]
Plus: *Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal *Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again *Obama’s Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights *Much more News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic. "Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for […]
The U.S. government's overseas lending facility has approved a huge loan to finance new gas supplies, signaling direct support for Kurdistan's energy sector.
Kurdistan's only gas producer has initiated arbitration proceedings against the KRG's Ministry of Natural Resources, alleging years of frustration and hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills.
The Khor Mor gas facility has powered Kurdistan's development, but its potential has been hampered by political and economic uncertainty, and its future hinges on ongoing contract talks.
Days after formally reopening, the newly refurbished Najibiya power plant polluted Basra's water supply. Now regulators are threatening to shut it down.
As Iraq approaches the summer peak of electricity demand, another crisis is looming as the caretaker government lacks the budget authority to boost power supply.
Top leaders from Baghdad, Ankara, and Erbil are all lobbying the Obama administration for decisive support, as all sides weigh the enormous consequences of a potential energy deal between Turkey and the KRG.
Gov. Majid al-Nasrawi said he would expropriate floating power stations after Karkey Company briefly shut off electricity supply over $85 million in unpaid bills.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for majority rule provokes strong reactions.
Far away from the threat of IS militants, Iraq's oil capital is slipping toward lawlessness after a month of abductions and explosions.
The Iraqi Army and Kurdish forces have agreed to end a huge military escalation in Iraq's disputed territories despite recent bombings apparently aimed at destabilizing the area.
As the war against the Islamic State enters the final stretch, with less than a quarter of Mosul left to liberate, the Iraqi government must decide whether to allow a residual U.S. military support mission to stay on in Iraq. Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias have already weighed in on the matter. In early May 2017, Jafar […]
