Oil Ministry pursues negotiations with IOCs on new oil projects - a warning shot at OPEC members seeking to impose quotas.
September oil sales increased by one-third, but net revenues fell again as trading houses recouped debts and did not make new loans.
Crude exports from southern Iraq ports increased month-on-month, with loadings further bolstered by new Kirkuk sales from Ceyhan as Baghdad-Erbil deal enters second month intact.
South Oil Company takes the largest role to date for a state owned company in a technical service contract after Occidental Petroleum's exit.
The autonomous Kurdistan region is struggling to keep its promises to IOCs, owing two months of payments to most oil producers in the region.
The second most senior Iraqi oil official talks about plans to keep up production during a financial squeeze, and the terms for delivering crude to a Kurdish refinery, Ceyhan and Iran.
Production and export growth to continue, but short-term gains still held back by financial crisis and contractor uncertainty.
The KRG has begun an oil transfer to the federal government's storage tanks in Turkey after political leaders finalized details for temporary export cooperation.
Iraq earns its highest monthly oil receipts in a year as exports and prices rise.
The Bai Hassan south station is back online, but key infrastructure remains damaged and a well fire is still blazing after two IS attacks in July and early August.
