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Iraqi exports trending up as Ceyhan loadings resume

Southern exports increased in September, and Iraq's nationwide oil sales are expected to climb further as the pipeline to Turkey reopens.
A tanker loads crude at the Turkish port of Ceyhan in May 2015. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Kurdistan export pipeline nearly complete

A nearly complete natural gas pipeline has been turned toward the Turkish border for crude exports, bolstering the KRG's threats to sell its oil with or without Baghdad's cooperation.

Q&A: Alaa Mohie el-Deen

The leader of Iraq's push for oil sector transparency discusses Iraq's latest EITI report, as well as the challenges of integrating Kurdistan into the process.

Iraq inches toward oil transparency

Seeking to combat the "resource curse," Iraq is moving forward – and hitting roadblocks – on its slow path toward oil sector transparency.

Pertamina claims offer for West Qurna stake

Indonesia's economy minister, in Baghdad to sign energy cooperation agreement, says state firm wants up to 20 percent of the super-giant Basra field being developed by ExxonMobil.

Protestors attack West Qurna 2 field

Unemployed Basra residents invaded the offices of a local subcontractor, after years of unfulfilled promises and weeks of frustrated protests.

Dhi Qar blames Baghdad for oil missteps

The head of Dhi Qar province's oil authority told protestors that it was a Baghdad decision to change their work shifts, and promised to convey their concerns. Four months ago the Oil Ministry changed the shift of the South Oil Company (SOC) workers in Dhi Qar from a schedule that had them working 24-hour shifts […]

Missan engineers hold sit-in

Around 150 engineers in Missan province staged a sit-in demanding the provincial council provide them with permanent employment contracts and pensions. Amer Aziz Al-Jabri, a representative from the Missan Labor Union, said that, in addition to improved pay and conditions, engineers also staged the sit-in to "denounce injustices by provincial officials." The union claims that […]