Weatherford and three other companies with subcontracts in Kurdistan are barred from work in southern Iraq, as Baghdad continues campaign to reverse KRG oil sector independence.
Political upheaval in Baghdad reverberates across oil sector
In the increasingly chaotic struggle to form a new government, Iraq's oil sector has been both a political battleground and a victim of dysfunctional governance.

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr stage a sit-in at the Parliament building in Baghdad on Aug. 1, 2022. (WISSAM AL-OKAILI/Reuters)