Analysis: ExxonMobil’s share in the West Qurna 1 oil field
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After more than a year offline, the Ninewa province heavy oil field is producing about 10,000 bpd, with output trucked to Kirkuk.
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Kadhimi's government is seeking to strike down budget provisions added by Parliament, including new financial rules for state-owned oil companies and fuel import taxes.
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Delta Crescent Energy's oil deal with the Kurdish-led opposition in northeast Syria is in jeopardy as the Biden administration reconsiders a Trump-era sanctions waiver.
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Q&A: Dhia Shaker al-Luaibi, director of Majnoon oil field
Basra Oil Company's field manager at Majnoon talks foreign interest and Iraqi success in developing the field once operated by Shell.
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Q&A: Khalid Hamza Abbas, Basra Oil Company director general
The chief of Basra's oil sector discusses Exxon's impending departure from West Qurna 1, Total's bid for a massive new deal, and Iraq's efforts to develop new capacity from state-run fields.
May oil revenues hit 16-month high
Iraq's nationwide oil exports fell slightly month on month, but rising oil prices more than made up the difference.
UPDATE: Iraq passes 2021 budget with record deficit and new oil deal for KRG
The new budget law lays out a revised framework for Baghdad-Erbil oil and revenue cooperation and projects a record deficit that is only likely to be filled if global oil prices remain high.
Baghdad-Erbil security cooperation raises hope for counter-insurgency fight
After two years of talks, federal and KRG security forces have opened joint coordination centers that could help close security gaps exploited by insurgents.
- Insurgents bomb Bai Hassan oil field, exploiting security gaps
- The Royal Court restaurant, the oil insider, and the $100,000 bribe
- Escalating protests disrupt Dhi Qar energy sector
- Q&A: Lt. Gen. Saad Ali Aati al-Harbiya, former head of Kirkuk’s Joint Operations Command
- Q&A: Ninewa Gov. Najim al-Jibouri
