PKK suspected of Iraq-Turkey Pipeline attack
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Iraq is expanding existing refineries, but greenfield projects in the south are not moving forward.
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Plan could earn KRG revenue and save electricity, but requires elusive public buy-in.
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Surge in production comes as Iraq attempts to navigate the opposing pressures of a financial crisis and quota commitments to OPEC-plus.
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Q&A: Farhan Mohsen al-Fartosi, head of Iraqi Ports
Iraq’s ports company chief talks about post-Beirut security, a tanker dispute with the Basra Oil Company, and managing the risk of coronavirus to his company.
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Q&A: Dr. Adham Rashad Ismail, WHO head of mission in Iraq
The World Health Organization is still guardedly optimistic Iraq can avoid a coronavirus catastrophe, despite Iraq's poor mask compliance and perhaps premature end to its lockdown.
Iraq’s September production drops 200,000 bpd toward OPEC+ compliance
Under pressure from the OPEC-plus coalition to compensate for past over-production, Iraq makes painful cuts mainly from IOC-operated fields.
Facing liquidity crisis, Iraq presses for more emergency borrowing
If the Parliament does not pass a new stop-gap financing law, the government says it cannot fund basic expenses including civil servant salaries.
Should-be allies remain rivals in Iraq’s disputed territories
Power struggles between factionalized security forces in northern Iraq have left security gaps that insurgents continue to exploit.
