Politics

New measures could overhaul domestic crude and fuel sales and revamp exports in a bid for higher revenues and quicker access to cash.

Northern export volumes are set to rise after a three-way agreement between Baghdad, Erbil, and IOCs was extended to January 2027.

The first federal purchases of gas could open a key market for producers — and trigger contractual and political battles with the KRG.

A temporary agreement enables Iraq's northern exports to keep flowing but sets a 750,000 bpd expectation that will be difficult to meet.

A five-year contract with Halliburton targets 250,000 bpd from two Basra fields, while a Chevron-linked consortium wins approval to study Turkey and Syria export pipeline routes.

Baghdad and Ankara are pursuing a temporary deal to keep Iraq's only secondary oil export route operating past the July 27 expiration of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline treaty.

Halliburton and HKN win Cabinet approval to develop two oil fields, as Baghdad signals momentum to push bigger American investments forward.

A second deputy oil minister has been ensnared in an expanding operation that has also taken down several MPs, with potential to reshape Iraq's political power balance.

As a new government takes power, high-level political shifts are starting to filter down through the leadership ranks of Iraq's oil sector.