Awards

Media appearances

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 16, 2022 Key ruling fuels tensions between Baghdad, Kurdish govts	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	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