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

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

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

Iraq’s state marketer loads its first oil tanker from Ceyhan in over a year, as both sides honor handshake deal to share oil from federally run Kirkuk fields.

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

Iraq’s Council of Ministers followed through on IMF recommendations to decrease spending and lean more on oil sector revenue.

A long-serving lynchpin in Iraq’s government was ousted over corruption allegations, leaving up to $18 billion in loans and Iraq’s draft 2017 federal budget hanging in the balance.

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

The International Monetary Fund is broadly happy with Iraq's efforts at meeting requirements of a $5.3 billion loan, including its improved performance on IOC payments, but has asked for a revised 2017 budget and insists on an independent auditor to verify Iraq's fiscal data.

As Iraq’s oil ministry considers supplying crude to a Kurdistan refinery and an Iranian route for trucked exports, a gulf opens up between the KRG’s political parties over the fate of newly-released Kirkuk oil.