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Production and exports have not suffered major interruptions so far, but exodus of foreign oil workers and border closures ...
Iraqi oil production increased by about 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, boosted by the continuing recovery of the ...
Ali Salman Majeed is named interim head of the state company responsible for boosting domestic gas supply and ending flaring in southern Iraq. Engineer Ali Salman Majeed, the First Deputy Director ...
BASRA - The Iraqi government signed a major new contract Wednesday with China's Geo-Jade Petroleum and the Iraqi company Hilal al-Basra for an $18 billion integrated project, including the upstream ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (standing, center), BP CEO Murray Auchincloss (standing, left), and Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghan (standing, right) oversee the signing of a deal for BP to ...
The Iraqi government is terminating its contract with the Ukranian company Ukrzemresurs to develop the Akkas gas field, drawing threats of a legal fight over the embattled project less than a year ...
BASRA - The Parliament Oil and Gas Committee has clear legislative priorities, but they are not likely to advance this year as the Parliament session winds down ahead of upcoming elections, according ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Three weeks after the publication of this story, the Oil Ministry released final, official data on March exports that were significantly different from the initial data. The final ...
Iraq's most prolific oil field temporarily lost about 120,000 bpd of production after 60 wells were taken offline in response to a storage tank fire. A fire burns at Degassing Station 5 off the ...
Iraq ends 2024 with deep production cuts Steep reduction at Rumaila brought Iraq's December production average to its lowest level in 18 months as Iraq continues to restrain output in an effort to ...
Iraq has been transferring up to 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) of straight-run high sulfur heavy fuel oil (HSFO) to traders nominated by Iran, two senior Iraqi Oil Ministry officials familiar with the ...
KHANAQIN - Iraq has signed a new contract for the Mansuriya gas field, overcoming last-minute investor doubts about political and security challenges in Diyala province. The Chinese firm Jereh is ...