Output increases at several IOC-operated fields in southern Iraq were offset by cuts from Basra's state-operated fields.
Despite turbulence, Kurdistan’s IOCs look to raise spending and output
High oil prices are spurring international oil companies in Kurdistan to raise production, even as they face new legal threats, political upheaval, and commercial uncertainty.

A worker at Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Shaikan production facility. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)