Iraq Oil Report

Pre-election Q&A series: Adnan al-Jabiri, deputy head of the Parliament Oil and Gas Committee

Ahead of a consequential election for Iraq’s energy sector, key political figures give their outlook for the vote and the ...
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Pre-election Q&A series: Shwan Mohammed Kalari, rapporteur of the KDP in the Iraqi Parliament

Ahead of a consequential election for Iraq’s energy sector, key political figures give their outlook on the upcoming vote and ...
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Political disunity clouds KRG fiscal and energy outlooks

Deadlocked talks over forming a new regional Cabinet highlight a bitter rivalry between two ruling parties that poses risks ...
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Iraq races to finalize oil deals ahead of elections

Sudani administration activates a major contract with BP and strikes preliminary agreements with ExxonMobil and Chevron as ...
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Q&A: Ali Shaddad al-Faris, MP and spokesperson for the Parliament Oil and Gas Committee

BASRA - Ali Shaddad al-Faris, an MP from Basra MP and veteran of the Parliament Oil and Gas Committee, said the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is to blame for the ongoing stalemate in ...
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Despite Basra security surge, violence continues

BASRA - Security forces in Basra are continuing to struggle with an array of challenges, including violence near oil fields between rival tribes, tensions with paramilitary groups, and a rise in mafia ...
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Baghdad-KRG stalemate continues over oil disputes

SULAIMANIYA/BASRA - Over a month after Baghdad cut off critical budget support to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the crisis remains unresolved because the two sides cannot agree on an array ...
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Q&A: Alaa al-Yassiri, director general of SOMO

Iraq is in a position to supply more oil to the market in the event of disruption from Russia, but it will take time to bring on new production and any such decision would be made by OPEC-plus, Alaa ...
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Baghdad court rejects Oil Ministry effort to invalidate KRG oil contracts

Oil companies operating in Kurdistan scored a significant legal victory in Baghdad as a court rejected an Oil Ministry appeal and reversed prior rulings that had invalidated several upstream oil ...
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Pipeline repairs raise prospect of alternate Turkey export route

The Iraqi side of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline is being rehabilitated, potentially transforming the political dynamics around oil exports via Turkey. A worker checks the generator and pumps at the start ...
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Turkey gives official notice that pipeline can resume

ISTANBUL - Turkey has officially informed Iraq that the northern export pipeline is ready to operate, shifting the onus onto Iraq to restore 475,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to global markets.
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Iraq poised to start power imports from Jordan

FALLUJAH - Long-awaited electricity imports from Jordan are almost ready to start, promising to boost power supplies to underserved parts of western Iraq. Last month Iraq’s state-owned Midland ...