Awards

Media appearances

Mar 13, 2023 Bafel in Baghdad: Finding the contours of the PUK’s strategy in federal Iraq	Mar 1, 2023 Iraq: the fallout	Feb 3, 2023 TotalEnergies staff reportedly return to Iraq as dispute on energy projects is resolved	Feb 2, 2023 ISHM: January 26 – February 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023 Iraq confirms ‘problems’ with Total’s $27bn energy deal	Feb 2, 2023 Iraqi oil ministry keen to reach agreement with France’s TotalEnergies	Feb 2, 2023 TotalEnergies, Iraq see further delays to $27 bln energy deal	Jan 27, 2023 Nadhim Zahawi oiled the wheels and was handsomely paid
Jul 7, 2022 Oil minister says Iraq to act to annul Kurdish oil deals	Jun 27, 2022 Iran proxies increase attacks on Kurdish region, Turkish base – analysis	Jun 9, 2022 Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor: June 2 – 9, 2022	Jun 5, 2022 Iraqi Kurds say Baghdad has no right to control oil industry
May 25, 2022 Selling Iraqi oil fields	May 18, 2022 Internal Squabbles, Legal Challenges, and Muddled Policy Impede Kurdish Gas Exports	Apr 14, 2022 Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor: April 7 -14, 2022	Mar 29, 2022 US Extends Waiver On Iran Energy Supply For Iraq
Mar 29, 2022 US grants Iraq 120-day waiver to import energy from Iran	Feb 25, 2022 West Qurna 2 maintenance, Dhi Qar unrest shuts in 480,000 b/d of Iraqi oil production	Feb 25, 2022 Repairs and protests halt a tenth of Iraqi oil output	Feb 25, 2022 Iraq halts West Qurna 2 oilfield for maintenance – oil official
Feb 18, 2022 Iraq federal court says Kurdish gas law unconstitutional	Feb 17, 2022 ISHM: February 10 – 17, 2022	Feb 16, 2022 Key ruling fuels tensions between Baghdad, Kurdish govts	Feb 10, 2022 ISHM: February 3 – 10, 2022
Nov 21, 2021 Students in Iraq’s Kurdish region protest for fourth straight day	Nov 1, 2021 The massive challenge of climate action in oil-dependent Iraq	Sep 23, 2021 ISHM: September 16 – September 23, 2021	May 10, 2021 Iraq’s F-16s Grounded After U.S. Contractor Pulls Maintenance Crews
May 10, 2021 The End Of Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Is A Real Possibility As Lockheed Contractors Prepare To Leave	Feb 23, 2021 Iraq Decides Against Oil-Supply Deal With China’s Zhenhua	Jan 7, 2021 The Iraqi Air Force’s F-16 Fleet Is On The Brink Of Collapse Despite Showy Flybys	Dec 10, 2020 ISHM: December 3 – December 10, 2020
Nov 23, 2020 Cash-Strapped Iraq Seeks $2 Billion Upfront Payment for Oil	Oct 31, 2020 Two children killed in oil pipeline explosion in southern Iraq	Oct 23, 2020 Barzani’s catastrophic gamble: Now Kurdistan’s future belongs to others	Sep 6, 2020 Iraqi doctors protest unemployment as coronavirus cases surge
Aug 3, 2020 Little-known U.S. firm secures deal for Syrian oil	Aug 3, 2020 Turkey condemns US oil deal with Syrian Kurds	May 4, 2020 Iraq’s economy is collapsing under the double blow of sinking oil prices and coronavirus lockdown	Apr 29, 2020 Oil Prices, Budget Dispute in Iraq Could Undermine Anti-IS Efforts
Apr 23, 2020 Iraq: Cabinet Calls on Finance Ministry to End KRG Payments	Mar 11, 2020 Coronavirus and a price war battered oil markets. But the real victims will be far from Wall Street	Mar 9, 2020 The Great 2020 Oil Plunge Completes Iraq’s Perfect Storm	Jan 9, 2020 Trump administration works on Iraq sanctions, but analysts warn of consequences
Jan 9, 2020 Iraqi parliament approves a resolution on expelling US troops after Soleimani killing	Jan 9, 2020 Mourners in Iraq chant threats to America after Soleimani’s death	Nov 16, 2018 Iraq resumes Kirkuk oil exports after yearlong pause	Jul 13, 2018 Once Iraq’s crown jewel, Basra crumbles from neglect
Jun 17, 2018 Basra was once a jewel of a city. Now it’s a symbol of what’s wrong in Iraq	May 16, 2018 The Man Who Could Shape Iraq’s Future	May 14, 2018 A Shia Cleric’s Radical Vision for Iraq	May 1, 2018 Iraq’s oil sector ambitions in the Trump era
Feb 17, 2018 The Fuzzy Math of Funding Iraq’s Reconstruction	Nov 2, 2017 Why the Fight for Fishkhabour Is So Important for Iraqi Kurds	Oct 25, 2017 What you need to know: The Kurds in Iraq	Oct 18, 2017 Kurds lose more than oil as they cede control of Kirkuk in Iraq
Oct 16, 2017 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reject Iraqi warning as deadline passes	Oct 16, 2017 The Battles After ISIS	Oct 6, 2017 How a Russian oil giant bankrolled the Kurdish split from Iraq	Oct 3, 2017 Jalal Talabani: ‘The Rare Politician Who Could Talk to Anybody’
Jun 30, 2017 Tanker of Kurdish oil appears off coast of Canada	Apr 4, 2017 ISIS has found a new, deadly use for human shields in Mosul	Mar 27, 2017 In Mosul a propaganda battle also rages	Jan 26, 2017 Fact Check: No evidence Isis leader killed or captured
Jan 9, 2017 How Exxon, under Rex Tillerson, won Iraqi oil fields and nearly lost Iraq	Jan 6, 2017 How a Rex Tillerson oil deal nearly sparked an Iraqi-Kurdish war	Dec 13, 2016 Gates and Rice Quick to Back Longtime Client Tillerson for State	Dec 13, 2016 Under Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Forged Its Own Path Abroad
Dec 12, 2016 Tillerson boosters have Russia, Exxon business ties	Dec 7, 2016 Exxon pulls out of three exploration blocks in Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Report	Nov 27, 2016 Now comes the hard part of rebuilding Iraq’s refineries	Oct 30, 2016 Apocalypse now: Iraqis choke as oil fields lit by IS are visible from space
Oct 29, 2016 The Attack on Mosul: Three Shepherds on a Surreal Front	Oct 26, 2016 Journalism in Mosul right now is punishable by death	Oct 18, 2016 Europe should prepare for fresh wave of Isil jihadists fleeing Mosul as Iraqi army moves in, warns EU	Oct 18, 2016 Europe should prepare for fresh wave of Isil jihadists fleeing Mosul as Iraqi army moves in, warns EU
Oct 17, 2016 Between ISIS and Airstrikes	Sep 26, 2016 The Coming Crisis in Mosul	Aug 30, 2016 Iraq Pledges to Support an OPEC Freeze Deal, Shifting Its Stance	Aug 23, 2016 Iraq Seeks More Oil Production Before OPEC Talks in Algeria
Jun 18, 2016 Iraq looking at options in case Gulf oil route cut: spokesman	Jun 11, 2016 Iraqi forces took Baiji from Islamic State, but the former boom town may be doomed	May 23, 2016 Kurdistan turns to the US and others to help fund the future of its crude oil	May 11, 2016 Bombings rock Iraqi capital amidst political crisis
May 9, 2016 Mosul, US influence and the Erbil-Baghdad oil deal	May 4, 2016 Risk and Reform: The outlook for oil and gas exporting countries	Apr 27, 2016 Is ISIL facing a cash crunch?	Apr 11, 2016 Why Oil Will Hover At $36: Iraq, Libya, Nigeria & Colombia
Apr 9, 2016 90,000 people are trapped in the ISIS-held city of Fallujah — and they’re running out of food	Mar 17, 2016 Iraq halts exports through pipeline to pressure Kurds: Iraq Oil Report	Feb 25, 2016 Fin de renaissance	Feb 24, 2016 ANALYSIS: Debt crisis exposes flaws in Kurdistan’s economy
Jan 31, 2016 The wanton dismantling of an Iraqi refinery	Jan 10, 2016 Isis and the war for oil	Jan 2, 2016 ISIS in 2016: smaller, darker, colder — and more desperate	Dec 28, 2015 Here’s the biggest sign ISIS will be weakened in 2016
Dec 28, 2015 ISIS employs thousands of foreign workers to keep its oil flowing	Dec 28, 2015 Report: Price of gas quadruples for Islamic State after airstrikes	Dec 20, 2015 Iraq’s oil numbers don’t seem to add up	Dec 2, 2015 Russia accuses Turkish president of benefiting from oil trade with Islamic State
Nov 23, 2015 Airstrikes hurt, but don’t halt, IS oil smuggling operations	Nov 20, 2015 Airstrikes hurt, but unlikely to halt, IS oil smuggling operations in Syria and Iraq	Sep 5, 2015 Is Iraq too broke to fight ISIS?	Sep 4, 2015 Is Iraq too broke to fight the Islamic State group?
Jul 15, 2015 Iran deal: Arab world’s cautious reaction reflects deep fault lines	Jun 3, 2015 Blood and Oil: Displaced Yazidi Refugees Making a Dangerous Living in Northern Iraq	May 29, 2015 An Iraqi oil refinery that was too important to destroy has just been destroyed	May 3, 2015 Source: Islamic State Attacks Iraq’s Biggest Oil Refinery With Suicide Bombers and Car Bombs
Apr 8, 2015 What happens in Kirkuk could determine the future of Iraq	Mar 25, 2015 Baghdad Dials Back Expectations For A Timeline On Mosul Offensive	Mar 13, 2015 Lower Oil Prices Hurt Iraq’s Fight Against ISIS	Mar 4, 2015 Iraq: Arbil Receives $208 Million In Budget Payment
Feb 12, 2015 It’s the oil, stupid!	Dec 23, 2014 Plunging Oil Prices Hurt Iraqi Kurds’ Bid for Independence	Dec 3, 2014 Oil Deal Provides Much-Needed Revenue In Iraq	Dec 2, 2014 Iraq, Kurds Agree On Deal Over Oil Exports, Budget
Dec 1, 2014 Targeting ISIS’ Black-Market Oil Trade	Nov 26, 2014 Isis threatens future oil supplies, warns IEA	Sep 25, 2014 As the US bombs ISIS oil in Syria, militants lay siege to Iraq’s biggest refinery	Sep 17, 2014 Here’s How ISIS Is Wrecking Iraq’s Oil Industry
Sep 16, 2014 VOA Special Report: IS Militants Draw Millions From Vast Sources	Sep 15, 2014 Islamic State fighters drawing on oil assets for funding and fuel	Sep 10, 2014 To Defeat the Islamic State, Follow the Money	Sep 9, 2014 A ship full of Kurdish oil remains trapped at sea off the coast of Texas
Sep 9, 2014 How The Islamic State Smuggles Oil To Fund Its Campaign	Aug 6, 2014 Islamic State Forces Capture Kurdish Town Near Syrian Border	Jul 29, 2014 Iraq’s black market oil fuels sectarian division	Jul 28, 2014 Iraq is already splitting into three states
Jul 24, 2014 How guns and oil net ISIS $1 million a day	Jul 17, 2014 Kurds pump oil from Kirkuk in defiance of Iraq government	Jul 15, 2014 If Iraq Is Full of Oil, Why Is It Running Out of Gas?	Jul 15, 2014 Kurds May Have Oil To Export, But Buyers Are Harder To Find
Jul 11, 2014 Iraq: Kurds Reportedly Take Over Northern Oil Fields	Jul 11, 2014 The Battle Over Iraq’s Oil, Ctd	Jul 10, 2014 ISIL has added a lucrative new business line in Iraq: oil smuggling	Jun 26, 2014 This forlorn oil tanker has been marooned off the Moroccan coast for three weeks
Jun 25, 2014 Iraq’s vicious downward spiral: Wars about oil beget more wars about oil	Jun 24, 2014 It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid!	Jun 24, 2014 In Iraq, It’s Always Been About the Oil	Jun 20, 2014 If Erbil’s so safe, why is everyone at the gas station?
Jun 20, 2014 The battle is on for one of Iraq’s major oil refineries	Jun 17, 2014 China Keeps a Close Eye on Oil Interests in Iraq	Jun 16, 2014 ISIS Militants in Iraq	Jun 12, 2014 Iraq Falls Apart
Jun 12, 2014 ISIS advances put Iraq oil rebound on hold	Jun 10, 2014 How big is Iraq’s oil industry now?	Jun 7, 2014 Oil majors cut staff in Iraq on fears violence will spread	Mar 20, 2014 Oil and Gas: At what price?
Jul 29, 2013 Q&A: What’s behind the spike of violence in Iraq?	May 30, 2013 A Looming Showdown Over Iraqi Kurdish Oil Exports	May 17, 2013 Billionaire Returns To The Iraqi Oil Game With New IPO	May 6, 2013 The next oil boom
Apr 14, 2013 Transparency in Iraq oil revisited	Feb 15, 2013 The little-known man pulling the strings for ExxonMobil in Baghdad	Jan 11, 2013 Energy Journal: Saudi Moves Roil Oil Market	Sep 19, 2012 Kurdistan oil deals risk Baghdad showdown
Jun 30, 2012 Oil Wealth Returning, Iraq Sees Malls Rise	Apr 17, 2012 Anxious to keep lid on Iraq, Obama woos Kurds	Feb 21, 2012 Oil: In perpetuity no more	Jan 31, 2012 Forget Iran, Iraq is threatening oil prices
Dec 22, 2011 Iraq Struggles to Create Jobs and Wealth	Nov 23, 2011 Iran: Willing to use oil as a political tool	May 17, 2011 Wildcat strikes spread in Iraq as BP lifts first oil cargo	Oct 10, 2010 Unionbusting, Iraqi-Style
Oct 4, 2010 Iraq Raises Estimate Of Oil Reserves	Feb 15, 2010 Iraq’s Oil Industry Poised to Re-enter World Stage	Oct 10, 2009 Why Iraq’s Oil Law Remains Deadlocked Three Years On	Jul 9, 2009 Twenty-First-Century Colonialism in Iraq
May 13, 2009 Iraq’s Government, Kurds Squabble Over Oil Deals