Ali Salman Majeed is named interim head of the state company responsible for boosting domestic gas supply and ending flaring in southern Iraq.
Exports fell by 87,000 bpd month-on-month as Iraq signaled its intention to adhere to production pledges and support global oil prices.
Political tensions skyrocket after recently announced gas deals, resulting in legal challenges and threats to Kurdistan's budget.
Basra's Tuba oil field is the centerpiece of a Chinese-Iraqi consortium's mega-deal that includes upstream, refining, petrochemicals, and power generation.
Iraq is expanding its port capacity, including a fast-track project to import liquefied natural gas in time for this summer's peak electricity demand season.
U.S. firms HKN and WesternZagros have signed agreements for upstream gas development at the Miran and Topkhana fields.
Oil Ministry cuts output at Majnoon and other state-run southern fields in effort to meet OPEC-plus expectations.
The new leader of Iraq’s state-run well drilling firm discusses plans to expand its rig fleet and increase revenues.
The Oil Ministry has issued major upward revisions of its February and March export figures, while preliminary data show a dip in April.
Iraq is once again leveraging upstream development to finance gas and power projects.
