Politics

Analysis: Worsening internal rivalries weaken KRG at key political juncture

Conflict between the KDP and PUK has driven dysfunction in Erbil and weakened Kurdish influence in Baghdad as a new government takes power.

Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (left), meets with newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (right), in Baghdad in May 2026. (Photo credit: Prime Minister's Office)

Aug 18, 2016

UPDATE: Baghdad resumes exports into KRG pipeline

About 70,000 bpd is now flowing from NOC-controlled fields into the KRG export pipeline, after oil disputes caused a five-month shutoff.

Aug 18, 2016

Worker strike briefly disrupts Taq Taq field

Workers protested against proposed cuts to staff and salaries with a two-day walkout, temporarily reducing crude supply to a local refinery.

Aug 16, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Aug. 16, 2016

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

Aug 15, 2016

Former South Oil chief becomes oil minister

Jabbar Allibi was among the five new ministers approved by Parliament and sworn in on Monday.

Aug 9, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Aug. 9, 2016

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

Aug 3, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Aug. 3, 2016

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

Jul 28, 2016

Trucker strike risks output at Kurdistan’s Shaikan field

Tanker drivers stopped working over months of payment delays, endangering Gulf Keystone's 40,000 bpd of exports.

Jul 27, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 26, 2016

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

Jul 20, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 19, 2016

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

Jul 20, 2016

New talks aim to break Kirkuk oil impasse

Private-sector leaders and government officials in Erbil, Baghdad and Kirkuk are negotiating a plan that would unlock oil production currently tied up in political disputes.