Iraq begins oil leadership reshuffle, including major corruption arrest

As a new government takes power, high-level political shifts are starting to filter down through the leadership ranks of Iraq's oil sector.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (center) chairs a meeting on auditing government contracts with the head of the Integrity Commission and other senior federal officials in Baghdad on May 30, 2026. (Photo credit: Prime Minister's Office)

Energy

Iraq’s northern exports at risk with imminent expiration of Turkey treaty

The agreement governing the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline is set to expire on July 27, raising the likelihood that Iraq could lose its main wartime oil export outlet and revenue source.

Politics

Analysis: Worsening internal rivalries weaken KRG at key political juncture

Conflict between the KDP and PUK has driven dysfunction in Erbil and weakened Kurdish influence in Baghdad as a new government takes power.

Security

Akkas gas field falters despite increasing power needs

Even as wartime supply disruptions push Iraq toward a summertime electricity crisis, the Akkas gas field is producing at a fraction of its potential.

Interviews

Q&A: Bassim Mohammed Khudair, Deputy Oil Minister for Upstream

Iraq's top upstream oil official confirms that production, curtailed by war, is ready to surge back online — but only once ships can reliably resume Basra Gulf export loadings.