One worker was killed and four others suffered life-threatening burns when a pipeline exploded Wednesday at the Najibiyah power plant in Basra.

A change in leadership at the state-run company appears to be part of a government overhaul prompted by a national protest movement.

With independent oil sales hitting record highs, Kurdistan promises payments to cash-starved IOCs – but pipeline attacks cast a cloud of uncertainty.

Northern exports fall due to political disputes and pipeline outages, but federal oil sales stay near record levels.

Director General Sameer al-Taie's dismissal comes amidst a corruption investigation, and following the assassination of a candidate to replace him.

The new projects could bring 150,000 bpd of new refining capacity and help push the KRG from subsidies to market-based fuel pricing.

Protestors throughout south Iraq are angry at another summer with inadequate electricity, with some threatening an oil project at Majnoon.