IOCs are investing enough to boost Iraq's overall output despite tight budgets, but short-term fixes are masking fundamental issues that could undermine medium-term growth.
To unlock $15 billion in loans, Iraq needs to pay off debts to IOCs – part of a program designed to improve fiscal discipline and raise the confidence of international investors and lenders.
On the sidelines of an OPEC meeting, Nema talks about the steps Iraq is taking to overcome challenges and hit ambitious production targets.
Poor weather and power outages cut into exports but an upward trend in the global oil price puts more money in Iraqi coffers.
KRG’s Ministry of Natural Resources calls for expressions of interest in seven prospective mineral exploration licenses.
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.
