Energy

Northern pipeline restart offers limited relief

A political breakthrough unlocks Iraq's only secondary pipeline export outlet, but volumes are capped by infrastructure constraints and security threats.

Welders work to repair the Iraqi side of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline in March 2026. (Photo credit: NOC worker)

Sep 15, 2016

Q&A: Senior Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh Nema

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.

Sep 13, 2016

Iraq posts modest but sustained oil gains

Production and export growth to continue, but short-term gains still held back by financial crisis and contractor uncertainty.

Sep 2, 2016

Baghdad-Erbil export deal moves forward

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.

Sep 1, 2016

Oil exports and revenue are back up

Iraq earns its highest monthly oil receipts in a year as exports and prices rise.

Aug 24, 2016

Bai Hassan field recovering slowly from IS attacks

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.

Aug 18, 2016

UPDATE: Baghdad resumes exports into KRG pipeline

About 70,000 bpd is now flowing from NOC-controlled fields into the KRG export pipeline, after oil disputes caused a five-month shutoff.

Aug 18, 2016

Worker strike briefly disrupts Taq Taq field

Workers protested against proposed cuts to staff and salaries with a two-day walkout, temporarily reducing crude supply to a local refinery.

Aug 12, 2016

Q&A: Deputy Oil Minister Hamid Younis Salih

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.

Aug 11, 2016

Kurdistan hamstrung by pipeline outages, oil field attacks

The cash-strapped KRG has lost millions due to export pipeline malfunctions and attacks on a key oil field.

Aug 10, 2016

Bomb attack hits Bai Hassan 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.