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A political breakthrough unlocks Iraq's only secondary pipeline export outlet, but volumes are limited by infrastructure constraints and security threats.
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With southern oil exports choked off by war, Baghdad cannot use its only backup pipeline route because of a fight with the KRG over customs revenue control.
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Iraq is facing a widening array of security threats and economic consequences from the Iran war.
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Strike on a key oil logistics hub in Basra signals danger for southern Iraq's oil sector as Iran and its proxies target U.S. companies.
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Drone strikes on Sarsang raise new doubts for IOCs about the viability of restarting wartime oil production as the KRG demands security guarantees from Baghdad.
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With exports halted by war, Iraq has limited options to keep fields operating and has begun taking millions of barrels of daily production offline.
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Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria are losing their hold on the country’s largest oil fields as foreign investors look for opportunities.
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Some production is already offline and Iraqi oil officials are bracing for a total loss of southern exports.
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Iraq can now process over 1.5 million bpd of crude, as the country's largest refinery completes a decade-long comeback.
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Nouri al-Maliki's path to the premiership becomes increasingly unlikely as political power brokers struggle to contend with U.S. opposition and regional uncertainty.
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