Oil Ministry and IOCs also begin talks to negotiate contract changes as the oil price drop hits budgets.
Political disputes, bad weather, crude quality problems and infrastructure delays set back much needed revenues.
Loading buoys in the Basra Gulf are left idle as tankers refuse some cargoes.
Oil production is booming in Missan province, which now accounts for nearly one-tenth of Iraq's output.
A Texas court has denied a KRG motion to dismiss, and will hear a full-blown trial on the fate of a 1 million barrel tanker of oil exported by Kurdistan.
Around 150,000 bpd from Kirkuk is being pumped to Turkey for the first time in 10 months.
The CEO of Iraq’s largest private-sector energy company discusses KAR Group's projects across northern Iraq.
Deal with Kurdistan and steady SPM loadings help bring relatively good news to depressing year in oil sales.
Iraq's oil capital wants a greater share of power and revenue from Baghdad. Politicians have pressed the cause before, but never with such wide support.
Iraq's largest oil refinery remains offline with damage assessments incomplete, attacks continuing, and the government unable to control intake or outflow pipeline routes.
