About 70,000 bpd is now flowing from NOC-controlled fields into the KRG export pipeline, after oil disputes caused a five-month shutoff.
Workers protested against proposed cuts to staff and salaries with a two-day walkout, temporarily reducing crude supply to a local refinery.
The deputy minister for gas affairs discusses Iraq's rising LPG and condensates exports, as well as the future of major projects currently stalled by security problems.
The cash-strapped KRG has lost millions due to export pipeline malfunctions and attacks on a key oil field.
Far behind Kurdistan's front lines, a suspected IS sleeper cell bombed a wellhead and set IEDs along a pipeline, exploiting security gaps around Kirkuk energy infrastructure.
Turkish company shuts down floating power stations in a second attempt to recoup $85 million in debts.
Lower prices and a huge cut in advances from oil traders cause monthly oil proceeds to fall by $90 million, while most oil companies remain unpaid for July production.
After a two-month decline, federal oil export levels rebounded, but overall revenues fell along with global oil prices.
Project would improve the quality and quantity of output from Shuaiba refinery, reducing the financial strain of fuel imports.
Private-sector leaders and government officials in Erbil, Baghdad and Kirkuk are negotiating a plan that would unlock oil production currently tied up in political disputes.
