Power struggles between factionalized security forces in northern Iraq have left security gaps that insurgents continue to exploit.
Advisors close to Prime Minister Kadhimi are elevated to top executive positions over economic and security issues.
Cabinet and Oil Ministry legal teams have proposed amendments to the 2018 law to re-constitute the Iraqi National Oil Company, after Iraq's highest court deemed many articles unconstitutional.
Officials announced a breakthrough in a deal exchanging custom revenue for civil servant payments.
The federal and Kurdistan regional governments are exchanging public recriminations over finances, despite optimism in some quarters about a deal that pushes aside perennial oil disputes.
Pivoting away from negotiations with ExxonMobil, Iraq is now putting the Ratawi oil field at the center of a prospective upstream, gas, and power deal with Saudi Arabia.
New federal forces have deployed in a campaign to wrest control of border crossings from parties, paramilitary groups, and mafias.
While the country's output is still over its quota, Iraq has now cut more than 600,000 bpd compared to its first-quarter production average.
Without the legislation, Iraq would not have enough cash to pay public-sector employees.
The KRG's production is falling as cash flows dry up and companies pare back investment.
