Halfway through a relatively calm Ramadan, security is shattered by seemingly coordinated attacks nationwide.
After being temporarily removed from leading Beiji refinery security, the Oil Police is revamping its strategy and increasing its presence.
Investigators still don't know what caused last week's explosion, but damaged gas line no longer impacting output.
Iraq’s largest refinery is off line after an explosion on a gas pipeline that feeds the refinery, as the oil sector continues to suffer an epidemic of attacks.
An Iranian oil ministry delegation en route to meetings in Baghdad was fired on, injuring two Iraqis, before signing a deal to import Iranian fuel for electricity generation.
Roadside assault targets western contractor providing oil sector security, the latest in an uptick of violence.
Four bombs found in Baghdad's main refinery could have caused massive damage, the third inside job on Iraq's oil sector in four months.
An investigation is ongoing into a bombing of a tank farm in Basra, but production and exports are steady after a brief slowdown.
Details unclear as rare attack on Iraq's southern oil infrastructure coincides with visit by Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs.
In a show of force, the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is organizing mass protests and denouncing a potential U.S. troop extension, amidst increased violence.
