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Q&A: Bassim Mohammed Khudair, deputy oil minister for upstream

The deputy minister provides details on the new agreements to unlock northern exports, and an update on talks with ExxonMobil.
Deputy Oil Minister Bassim Mohammed Khudair distributes gifts to orphans from the Rawad al-Khair Orphanage at an Oil Ministry ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on Sept. 9, 2025. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry media office)
Ali al-Aqily of Iraq Oil Report
Friday, October 3rd, 2025

BASRA - As the deputy Oil Minister for Upstream, Bassim Mohammed Khudair has played a central role in the negotiations to restart northern pipeline exports from the Kurdistan region via the federal government’s oil marketing company, SOMO.

Those exports resumed on Sept. 27, at an intial rate of about 195,000 barrels per day (bpd) according to a Wednesday statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

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