At a checkpoint outside one of Iraq's largest refineries, canine units catch suspected IS operatives driving a tanker truck.
In a sign that Kurdistan's oil sector is shedding some of its legal and political risk, KRG crude will now supply the refineries of Russia's largest oil company.
London arbitrators open path to another award and reject major KRG counter-claims.
The federal Oil Ministry has begun sending NOC-produced crude to KRG refineries, generating badly needed fuel that will supply areas liberated from IS.
Three workers died when a leaky storage tank exploded at the largest oil field operated by the KRG.
Early data for January indicate Iraq has made significant but incomplete progress toward implementing an OPEC agreement to cut production.
Once billed as the crown jewel in Kurdistan's oil sector, the Taq Taq field has suffered from payment delays, reduced investment, and overhyped expectations.
Reconstituted investigative committee will focus on allegations that Australia's Leighton Offshore paid bribes to Iraqi officials, including former oil ministers.
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.
