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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 ...
Iraq’s vaunted F-16 fighter jet program has fallen into such disarray that pilots can no longer fly combat missions against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group – a collapse in military ...
Riad Araibi, director general of Iraq's state-run Midland Electricity Transmission Company, signs an amendment to an agreement with the Jordanian National Electric Power Company for electricity ...
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 ...
A top gas official discusses developments with TotalEnergies, Basra Gas Company, and other projects aiming to end flaring and produce enough products to expand exports. Engineer Ali Salman Majeed, the ...
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 ...
A multi-billion-dollar water supply project that is critical for boosting production at Iraq’s southern oil fields is beginning to take shape, with a first phase scheduled for completion in four years ...
BAGHDAD - The U.S. has granted Iraq another 120-day sanctions waiver enabling continued cross-border imports of energy from Iran without triggering penalties, as efforts intensify to revive the 2015 ...
SOMO Deputy Director General and Head of Crude Ali Nazar al-Shatari (right), at the Nov. 30, 2016, OPEC meeting in Vienna with then-Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Ali al-Luiebi (center), and then-SOMO ...
Iraq is continuing to negotiate with Total over the Ratawi gas hub as export cuts from Iran and nationwide electricity failures highlight the need for new domestic energy supply. Hamza Abdul-Baqi ...