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Iraqi wartime production cuts reach 3.6 million bpd

Iraq is navigating acute logistical and infrastructure challenges to maximize refinery consumption and exports while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Workers from the state-run Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) work on a well at the West Qurna 1 field in Basra in March 2026. (Photo credit: IDC)

U.S. money, Iraqi reconstruction

Before he left Iraq, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of USACE Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp talks about what went well, what could have been done differently and what engineering and reconstruction support will remain in Iraq as U.S. forces draw down to 50,000 end-August 2010.

Heritage drops Genel takeover

Establishment of largest player in Iraqi Kurdistan now scrapped after Eni buyout of Heritage’s Uganda assets and KRG payments still disputed.