Seven bombs in total were found at the Bai Hassan oil field in Kirkuk province, including two that caused damage but didn't curtain production or exports.
Kidnappers disguised as police have abducted four employees of a Greek pipeline construction firm at a fake checkpoint near Rumaila oil field.
Iraq’s oil transparency and electricity watchdog has two tough goals: transparency for the domestic oil sector and accountability for the most maligned ministry.
Investigators have uncovered a $5 million-per-month smuggling operation that has trafficked Oil Ministry fuel into the Kurdistan region.
Bombs in Turkish territory target the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, temporarily taking it offline.
Amidst growing government hostility towards foreign security companies, the Oil Ministry has ordered oil field subcontractors to get protection from the Oil Police rather than private firms.
Zero casualty and only equipment damage, but Ninewa attack on exploration company raises profile of security threats to the oil sector.
A series of bombings Thursday targeted Shiites, killing at least 68, while a political conflict continues to stoke sectarian mistrust.
Iraq's largest oil field has almost fully recovered from Tuesday's pipeline bombing, which took half of its production off line.
Production in Iraq's largest oil field has been cut and exports may suffer after saboteurs bombed the same section of pipeline targeted in an October attack.
