A slight decline in crude loadings is offset by a $4 per barrel increase in price, as Iraq's output stays near record levels.
After Kurdistan abruptly stopped oil exports to Iran - and then quickly resumed them - the KRG's emissary to Tehran discusses bilateral relations in the age of renewed U.S. sanctions.
One week after the Kurdistan region stopped all crude and fuel traffic to Iran, the order has been revised and exports have resumed.
DNO has begun a drilling campaign in the heart of Iraq's disputed territories, after the Norwegian company took over as operator from ExxonMobil.
Hundreds of trucks per day had been carrying crude and other oil products across the border, but the KRG has ordered the trade to stop.
Four deputy ministers are swapping positions with one another, in Ghadhban's first major staff changes as minister.
In light of an OPEC quota agreement, Iraq has made steep cuts at state-run fields, but those reductions are being offset by long-planned increases at IOC-operated projects.
Federal oil sales declined slightly from a December high-water mark, but revenues rose due to an uptick in global prices.
Security forces have disrupted several operations stealing thousands of barrels of oil per day, but perpetrators with powerful connections defy justice and the smuggling continues.
BOC is taking major steps to build capacity, even as it limits production in an era of OPEC constraints.
