A senior Iraqi energy official has said that oil could be sent from Kirkuk in the north of Iraq to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery in the coming weeks, according to Fars News. “The swap deal was agreed at the end of ...
Iraq exported around 96 million barrels of oil in February 2018, generating revenues of $5.726 billion, the oil ministry has announced, according to IraqiNews. The figures are lower than those recorded over the previo...
The Iraqi Oil Ministry set January 24th as the deadline for companies to submit letters of interest for a project to replace the old Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, the Reuters reports. It will run 350 kilometers from the Kir...
Iraq has signed a one-year oil-swap deal with Iran, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Jabar El Luaibi, announce, according to Reuters. Iraq will export between 30,000 and 60,000 barrels per day (b/d) from its northern Kirkuk oi...
A new unit has increased the capacity of the Kirkuk refinery by 13,000 barrels per day (b/d), the oil ministry announced, Zawya reports. The refinery now has the capacity to refine 56,000 b/d of oil, according to the ...
Iraq plans to channel most of the output from the disputed Kirkuk oilfields to Iraqi oil refineries, an Iraqi official told Reuters. The Iraqi refineries under consideration are the Dora and Baiji refineries. In addit...
Iraq plans to build a new pipeline to replace a damaged section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Reuters reports. The new pipeline will run from Baji to the Fish-Khabur area along the Turkish border, the Iraqi oil m...
Iraq is increasing crude exports from its southern oilfields to make up for production shortfalls from the Kirkuk, Reuters reports. The government announced on Saturday that it would increase crude exports from its Ba...
Following the Iraqi government’s seizure of key oilfields and infrastructure in Kirkuk, Kurdish crude oil exports to Turkey have more than halved, Reuters reports. On Wednesday, oil flows through the Kurdish-controlle...
Federal Iraqi forces seized control of key oilfields in the disputed province of Kirkuk earlier this week, CNBC reports. Kurdish forces peacefully withdrew from the Kirkuk oilfields. The oilfields have a current produ...