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Exports edge upward, but northern pipeline remains offline

Baghdad has compensated for lost exports via Turkey with increased southern oil sales, but KRG exports remain entirely offline.

A worker checks the valve gears of pipes linked to oil tanks at Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned pipeline company Botas. (UMIT BEKTAS/Reuters)

Iraq restarts Qayarah oil field

China’s UNIPEC has bought the first 1 million barrels of heavy crude to be exported from Basra's Khor al-Zubair port.

Halfaya gas capture project makes progress

New infrastructure will process 300 million scf/d of associated gas by mid-2024, decreasing the wasteful practice of flaring and increasing feedstock for power generation.

Delays threaten Iraq’s solar ambitions

Norway's Scatec has pulled out of what was once touted as a trailblazing solar project, highlighting the Sudani administration's challenges in reviving momentum on renewable power.