Adil Abd al-Mahdi has left the Oil Ministry and ceded authority to his deputy, as Baghdad braces for PM Abadi's Cabinet overhaul.
Gas will fuel at least a power plant in Diyala province within weeks, after years of security delays.
The first gas condensates exports from the Basra Gas Company is a benchmark for the venture and also helps pay down debt to Shell.
Turkey’s security authorities allow the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to reopen after 23 days.
Traders slash oil payments by more than half as the KRG's sole export pipeline remains hostage to security problems in southeastern Turkey.
Kurdistan's recent oil sector setbacks are undermining the government's quest to support a viable, independent economy.
Federal oil sales dip slightly while Kurdistan and Kirkuk remain hampered by two weeks of pipeline outage.
Little known Swiss-Chinese consortium forms Missan International Refinery Company, aiming to start operation in 2019.
New processing infrastructure and pipelines help Iraq generate power, lower expensive fuel consumption, and reduce harmful flaring.
Iraq's nascent efforts to raise customs revenue seem to backfire as importers slow trade into Basra and merchants protest.
