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.
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.
