Dana Gas achieved a production record from Pearl Petroleum’s Khor Mor Gas Plant of 430 million cubic feet per day of gas (mmcf/d) on December 15 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).

Genel Energy plc negotiates further with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the Iraqi oil field Bina Bawi.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal Iraqi government have come to an agreement to cut oil output in line with a new deal between top oil producers to lower global supply.

Genel Energy has expressed its confidence that construction of the Bina Bawi gas project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) will begin next year after discussing terms with the regional government.

Pearl Petroleum has signed a 10-year gas sales agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the work of the Russian energy company, Rosneft, in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.

Iraq has signed a one-year oil-swap deal with Iran.

A new unit has increased the capacity of the Kirkuk refinery by 13,000 barrels per day (b/d).

Iraq plans to channel most of the output from the disputed Kirkuk oilfields to Iraqi oil refineries.

Iraq plans to build a new pipeline to replace a damaged section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline.