A political breakthrough unlocks Iraq's only secondary pipeline export outlet, but volumes are limited by infrastructure constraints and security threats.

With southern oil exports choked off by war, Baghdad cannot use its only backup pipeline route because of a fight with the KRG over customs revenue control.

Strike on a key oil logistics hub in Basra signals danger for southern Iraq's oil sector as Iran and its proxies target U.S.

BASRA - Iraq's oil sector is plunging deeper into crisis after Iran destroyed two tanker ships in Iraqi territorial waters late Wednesday. The attack not only highlights the grave threat to shipping ...

Two of the world’s biggest oil services companies have informed the Iraqi Oil Ministry that they will comply with a Federal Supreme Court (FSC) ruling invalidating the legal foundations of Iraqi ...

BASRA - As the director general of the state-run General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), Farhan al-Fartousi oversees an array of operations that are integral to the country's oil sector, trade, and ...

Nationwide crude export volumes increased slightly in 2025, but annual revenues fell by $14 billion due to weaker global prices. A worker stands at the al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT), one of Iraq's ...

SULAIMANIYA/BASRA - Over a month after Baghdad cut off critical budget support to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the crisis remains unresolved because the two sides cannot agree on an array ...

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 ...

Some production is already offline and Iraqi oil officials are bracing for a total loss of southern exports. A worker from Iraq's state-run Oil Pipelines Company repairs part of a pipeline in Babel ...

BASRA - Iraq’s Parliament is engaging with a variety of energy-related legislation and oversight – but a national oil law is not on the agenda. Ali Shaddad al-Faris, a member of the Parliament Oil, ...

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 ...