Iraq's oil exports chief discusses Baghdad-Ankara-KRG oil negotiations, a new oil trading joint venture, and the possibility of a third grade of Basra crude.
NOC is taking initial steps to bring some production at Bai Hassan and Avana Dome back online, increasing crude flows to refineries in Kurdistan.
The Chinese state-owned company is looking to form an oil trading joint venture with SOMO and develop the East Baghdad oil field.
Following the passage of seminal legislation to resurrect the Iraq National Oil Company, one of the principal authors discusses how it will reshape the country's oil sector.
New legislation could restructure the oil sector, creating a new executive body for field management and limiting the Oil Ministry to strategic policy and regulatory functions.
Iraq's new $88 billion budget reflects a widening political divide between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region.
Southern Iraq oil sales slightly decreased compared to January, but Kurdistan exports from storage pushed nationwide monthly averages up.
Kurdistan's export pipeline to Turkey is the key to unlocking stranded Kirkuk production, but Baghdad, Erbil, and Ankara cannot agree on terms.
New infrastructure is nearly complete, with more to come, and the Eni-operated field will start adding 100,000 bpd this and next year.
Rising production from state-operated projects helped compensate for temporary disruptions at the West Qurna 1 field.
