DNO, Genel and Gulf Keystone confirm partial April payment, but delays threaten to undermine a new policy that had sparked some investor optimism.
New security leadership and armored reinforcements come to Iraq's oil capital, as protests over jobs and conflicts among tribes cause instability near major oil sites.
Using public-private partnerships - such as new petrochemicals projects with IOCs - Daraji hopes to ease the government out of industries where state-owned companies are losing money.
After two years of non-payments and security concerns, Kurdistan-focused oil companies are gingerly starting to reinvest.
Sulaimaniya’s PUK and Gorran parties have agreed to electioneer and vote together, hoping to clip the wings of acting President Massoud Barzani’s KDP.
Finance Ministry "loan" to the new provincial oil company does not require repayment, as former assets of the South Oil Company are handed over.
At least two wells are burning and production has stopped at an oil field in Kirkuk after saboteurs exploited security gaps for the second time in a month.
Initial data show record exports and bounce in oil price, garnering five-month high in revenues.
To help militias fighting against IS, South Oil Company engineers have designed smartphone-activated rocket launchers and remote-control robots for defusing explosives.
The two sides are developing detailed technical plans for an oil export pipeline, though political approvals are still pending.
