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Taq Taq oil field resumes production

Once a crown jewel of Kurdistan's oil sector, the Taq Taq field had been entirely offline for more than two years.
Tanker trucks wait to be loaded at Taq Taq oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Sept. 5, 2012. (AZAD LASHKARI/Reuters)
Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Saturday, January 10th, 2026

ERBIL - The Taq Taq oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan has started to resume production more than two years after it went offline.

Output is currently averaging about 2,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to multiple officials at the field, who said they hope it could rise to 5,000 bpd later this year.

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