The Iraqi side of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline is being rehabilitated, potentially transforming the political dynamics around oil exports via Turkey.
Iraq's countrywide oil output increased by 100,000 bpd, with incremental gains from nine fields across both federal Iraq and Kurdistan.
The deputy director general of the South Refineries Company discusses the installation of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit at the country's largest refinery.
Swap of Iraqi refined products for Iranian gas could help settle an $11 billion debt but also risks friction with U.S. over sanctions.
A key transit point for fuel exports and imports, as well as sales of crude from the Qayarah field, the Khor al-Zubair port is expanding.
New cross-border lines promise to help underserved Anbar province as Iraq aims to diversify its electricity supply.
Gunmen made threats against a mine clearance subcontractor over land compensation claims that some security officials described as attempted extortion.
After a lower OPEC-plus quota appeared to dampen Iraqi exports in January, oil sales bounced back in February.
Cabinet approves direct negotiations for a combined upstream and refinery deal that the Oil Ministry has tried to advance for over a decade.
Iraq's state-run Oil Projects Company has helped drive recent progress at Rumaila and the Shuaiba refinery, but key export expansion projects are still far from completion.
