Baghdad-Kurdistan oil disputes flare up in Parliament
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As populist MPs raise unsubstantiated corruption allegations around oil projects, decision makers are moving cautiously on major initiatives while they beat back political opportunists.
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Production is unaffected and the security situation appears calm as ExxonMobil evacuates dozens of foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 field, following U.S. claims of threats from Iran.
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Output continues to fall as state-operated fields in Basra produce 400,000 bpd below capacity.
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Q&A: Shwan Aziz Saleh, Director General of Al-Barham Group
The 50,000 bpd Kirkuk refinery is set to produce more quantities of higher-quality gasoline and naphtha, thereby reducing the fuel oil that is exported.
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Q&A: Hossam Hussein Wali, director general of the South Refineries Company
Iraq's largest refinery is set to expand by over 30 percent this year.
Cabinet endorses SIIP negotiations with Exxon
The Cabinet threw political weight behind the Southern Iraq Integrated Project, injecting momentum into negotiations over a massive infrastructure deal that is critical to Iraq's production and export growth.
Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 21, 2019
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.
Iraqi oil industry calm amidst U.S. warnings on Iran
As the U.S. evacuates diplomatic personnel, citing threats from Iran, Iraq's oil sector and its IOC partners maintain status quo.
UN team unearths 12 mass graves in Iraq probe of IS crimes
As U.S.-Iran tension simmers, rocket fired near Iraq’s U.S. Embassy
Iraq accuses ISIS of setting fire to hundreds of acres of farmland
Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran
Iraq, Fearing Another U.S. War, Warns Militias Against Provocation
Born under IS, sick Iraqi children left undocumented, untreated
US State Department orders all non-essential government personnel to leave Iraq
In Iraq, Academics Restock Mosul’s Barren Bookshelves
