KRG | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 3
Iraq Seizes Oil Infrastructure in Kirkuk
Federal forces in Iraq have taken a refinery and the headquarters of the North Oil Company from the Kurdish military, an Iraqi official told Reuters. The facilities are in the disputed province of Kirkuk. On Monday, I...
Iraq to Reopen Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline to Turkey
In a move that could weaken the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the Iraqi Oil Ministry said that it would reopen the federal Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey, Financial Times reports. The Oil Minister, Jabar El L...
Iraqi PM Wants Control of KRG Oil Revenues
The Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider El Abadi, indicated that revenues from the northern, autonomous Kurdish region belong to central government, Zawya reports. “Federal government control of oil revenues is in order to...
Iran Halts Oil Trade with KRG
Following the independence referendum held by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) earlier this week, Iran has halted the trade of petroleum products, Zawya reports based on Iranian media. Turkey has also threatened ...
Iraq: Cease Crude Imports from KRG Territories
The Iraq government called on the international community to cease importing crude oil from the autonomous region controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government, Reuters reports. In a statement from the prime ministe...
Rosneft to Invest $1B in KRG Pipeline
Russian oil firm, Rosneft, will invest approximately $1 billion to develop natural gas pipelines in areas under the authority of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), sources told Reuters. The new pipeline is meant...
Oil Minister: Iraq is in Compliance with Production-Cut Agreement
Iraq’s crude oil production fell to 4.32 million barrels per day (b/d) in August, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Jabbar El Luaibi said, according to Bloomberg. This production figure puts Iraq into compliance with the produc...
Kirkuk Government Opposes Iran-Iraq Pipeline
The Provincial Government of Kirkuk will not cooperate with the central government’s plans to export oil from the Kirkuk oil fields to Iran, according to provincial officials, reports Bloomberg. Iraq’s Oil Minister, J...
