An explosion Sunday night in the vicinity of a pumping station highlights potential vulnerabilities of key energy infrastructure.
Just three weeks after Iranian ballistic missiles destroyed the house of the head of KAR Group, a rocket attack appeared to target the company's refinery complex.
The IRGC says it was targeting Israeli interests in Erbil, but the main victim of the 12-missile barrage appears to have been the private residence of the CEO of KAR Group, who has no known ties to Israel.
The 60k bpd field is the second in two days to stop production amid global supply concerns as Russian war in Ukraine continues.
Protesters are threatening to shut down the Nassiriya field, and deadly violence has caused one American company to suspend oil operations in the province.
After more than a month, the border has reopened for both trade and humanitarian traffic, alleviating economic pressure on a U.S. ally in the counter-IS fight.
The temporary outage had no apparent impact on oil field operations or export volumes, but the cause of the incident is a matter of uncertainty and potential concern.
Despite the presence of a security protection team, an armed gang attacked a convoy carrying international oil workers to the Basra airport.
The closure blocks a major source of funding for the Rojava administration, a U.S. ally in the fight against IS.
As Iraq begins to suffer the intensifying effects of climate change, competition for water threatens to spark conflict.
