Politics

Analysis: Iraqi elections approach, with high stakes for energy sector

Political insiders weigh in on potential election outcomes and their implications for the country’s investment climate.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (center) and Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani (right) attend a ceremony to mark the opening of a 50 MW power plant at the Baiji refinery on Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry media office)

Dec 24, 2018

Supreme Court awaiting Cabinet, Parliament action before deciding INOC case

Court wants to know content of new government's proposed changes to earlier national oil company law before deciding how to rule on the legal challenge.

Dec 21, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 18, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Dec 20, 2018

U.S. grants new Iran sanctions waiver to Iraq

Iraq has been granted a 90-day extension to continue critical Iranian energy imports, following the expiration of the original 45-day waiver.

Dec 12, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 11, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Dec 5, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 4, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Nov 29, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Nov. 21, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Nov 28, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Nov. 27, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Nov 16, 2018

Kirkuk exports resume in political test run

Federal Iraq crude flow through Kurdistan's export pipeline to Ceyhan has started again, in a bid to appease Washington and increase revenues.

Nov 14, 2018

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Nov. 13, 2018

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Nov 14, 2018

Baghdad-KRG oil case delayed yet again

Dissatisfied with the work of three technical experts tasked with providing analysis, the Supreme Court postpones the six-year-old lawsuit until Dec. 9.