June production climbed to 2 million bpd, but fields have been forced to ramp up and cut back within days as export loadings fluctuate — and renewed U.S.-Iran fighting now threatens the recovery.

Twin threats to southern oil exports and Kurdistan's gas supply show Iran-aligned armed groups can still hit Iraq's energy ...

BAGHDAD - Iraq's Federal Supreme Court issued a sweeping ruling Tuesday against the legal foundations of Iraqi Kurdistan's independent oil sector. The court's decision could force a seismic shift in ...

Production at Iraq's largest field is still down by at least 120,000 bpd as repair crews contend with extensive damage from a Jan. 24 fire. Fire crews bring a fire under control at the Rumaila oil ...

Change in operator could spur new activity at the oil field, which has been offline since 2023 after a steady production decline. A flare burns at the Taq Taq oil field in 2016. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report ...

Ahead of a consequential election for Iraq’s energy sector, key political figures give their outlook on the upcoming vote and government-formation process. Sheikh Burhan Nasser Al-Nimrawi, an MP from ...

The German wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has fled the territory controlled by the organization in Iraq, arousing a commotion within the organization's leadership, Iraqi media reported on ...

Iraqi insiders from across the political spectrum say Sudani is making a play to seize momentum and form a new government. Newly elected Iraqi President Nizar Amedi (right) meets with Prime Minister ...

A fast-track pipeline project will send associated gas from Nahr Bin Omar field to Basra Gas Company's newly expanded BNGL complex. Workers from Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects install a ...

Iranian forces blocked a tanker carrying Iraqi crude, dampening hopes for a durable resumption of Iraq's southern exports. The Agios Fanourios I tanker prepares to dock at a single point mooring buoy ...

The Cabinet has authorized negotiations for a project to build 300 million scf/d of associated gas processing capacity at the Basra field. A Basra Gas Company worker at the Nahr Bin Omar oil field ...

The Basrawi MP, a mainstay on the Parliament Oil Committee, discusses Iraq's emergency efforts to activate secondary export routes and the impact of the Iran war on Iraq's oil sector. Ali Shaddad ...