Export rates are down from their December peak, but questions remain over which fields are being reduced and whether the cuts will meet OPEC expectations.
Three years after security problems forced them out, Iraq is courting the Angolan state firm back to the Qayarah and Najmah fields.
Detailed updates from Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Iraq exported more oil in 2016 than any previous year, but now it must reduce overall production in keeping with an OPEC quota aimed at raising oil prices.
Emails published by Wikileaks reveal a proposal for Turkey to take equity stakes in Kurdistan's biggest oil fields, in exchange for nearly $5 billion of immediate financial assistance.
Disappointing exploration results drove Exxon to relinquish half of its Kurdistan portfolio, according to private correspondence with Turkey's energy leaders published by Wikileaks.
Saddled with debt to oil traders, Erbil remains unable to make payroll despite increased exports.
The most strategically important energy firm in Kurdistan, KAR manages the majority of the region's production and refining capacity, and its export pipeline.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.
The American super-major, whose 2011 contracts with Kurdistan spurred an investment bonanza, has relinquished the Qara Hanjeer, Arbat East, and Betwata blocks.
