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Summer crisis looms as wartime disruptions hit Iraq’s power sector

Iraq's electricity grid has survived a drop in domestic gas feedstock by employing backup measures that are unlikely to meet the challenges of summertime demand spikes.
Workers from Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects install a pipeline to help transport gas from the Nahr Bin Omar field to the Basra Gas Company's NGL processing plant at North Rumaila in April 2026. (Photo credit: SCOP)

Iraq pursues Basra refinery upgrade

Project would improve the quality and quantity of output from Shuaiba refinery, reducing the financial strain of fuel imports.

New talks aim to break Kirkuk oil impasse

Private-sector leaders and government officials in Erbil, Baghdad and Kirkuk are negotiating a plan that would unlock oil production currently tied up in political disputes.

Oil production rising, but problems loom

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.