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.
After taking over day-to-day leadership of the Oil Ministry in the wake of an ongoing political crisis, Fayadh Nema discusses the path ahead for Iraq's oil sector.
More than a dozen current and former North Oil Company employees as well as advisors have been implicated.
Iraq is looking for international oil companies to play a large role in renewed plan for fields on border with Iran.
New pipeline will feed Basra power plants with Iranian gas – another sign of growing energy cooperation between the neighboring countries.
Former South Oil Company chief Jabbar Allibi nominated to head the Oil Ministry, as Abadi makes a second attempt to reform his Cabinet.
For the first time, international companies will be paid for oil production stemming from Iraq's new generation of exploration contracts.
