U.S. designation of a key oil sector logistics provider highlights sanctions risks, prompting Iraqi measures to combat ...

Iraqi oil sales increased in July, even as the fate of a deal to restart northern exports via Turkey remains uncertain.

KRG leaders have been touting the potential for major gas exports to Turkey and Europe, but worsening political rivalries are so far preventing pipeline construction.

Drones strike Kurdistan oil fields Attack on HKN-operated Sarsang field coincides with the company's signing of a preliminary upstream deal with the federal Oil Ministry.

The director general of Iraq's state-run ports company discusses ongoing expansions and the resumption of Qayarah crude exports from Khor al-Zubair.

Federal financial transfer signals political will to implement an agreement that could result in re-starting northern oil exports, though further hurdles remain.

Smugglers are exploiting a growing margin between government-subsidized fuel and market prices in an illicit trade that is squeezing Iraq's fuel supply and costing the government billions.

UPDATE: Baghdad issues new legal threats to block Kurdistan exports Letter from Iraq's oil marketing company warns of "firm legal action" against participants in the KRG's independent oil trade.

Even with devalued currency, new Iraqi budget proposes record deficits A leaked copy of the Cabinet's provisional 2021 draft budget confirms a major currency devaluation — and an unchecked trend of ...

BAGHDAD - Few individuals are as important to the development of the Kurdistan region's gas sector as Bafel Talabani, the president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which controls the ...

Baghdad-KRG stalemate continues over oil disputes Budget transfers to Kurdistan have been frozen since May as negotiations to restart oil exports falter.

A new deal for oil and budget cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil faces significant challenges to implementation, including crippling attacks on Kurdistan's oil sector.