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By John Lee. Norway's DNO has reported increased oil production at its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurdistan Production: In Q1 2025, DNO's net production in Kurdistan was 61,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), an 11% increase quarter-on-quarter. Operational Measures: Despite the closure of the Iraq-Türkiye export pipeline (ITP), production from the Tawke licence […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced finalised oil export volumes for March. This continues the practice of delayed or missing oil export data from the Ministry. Total exports of crude oil: 106,663,211 barrels. Exports from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to 104,740,398 barrels. Exports to Jordan amounted to […]
By John Lee. Representatives of the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) and other international oil companies met with Iraqi and Kurdish officials on 20th April to discuss restarting oil exports via the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline, but according to a statement from APIKUR on Sunday, no agreement was reached. The trade body said its […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi National Intelligence Service has led an official delegation to Damascus under the direction of Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani. The delegation, headed by Mr. Hamid Al-Shatri, President of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, is scheduled to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa' and other senior Syrian officials. The delegation includes […]
From Kurdistan24. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Tripartite Energy Meeting Collapses Before Takeoff According to a source from Iraq's Oil Ministry, the Iraqi side informed participants of the decision just hours before the meeting was due to begin, offering no new […]
From Rudaw. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. No significant barriers left to resume Kurdish oil exports: Baghdad Iraq's oil ministry said on Monday that there are no major obstacles remaining to resume Kurdish oil exports via the Iraq-Turkey pipeline and only […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced finalised oil export volumes for February, but has again not disclosed the value of oil exports for the month. This continues the practice of delayed or missing oil export data from the Ministry. Total exports of crude oil: 95,148,167 barrels. Exports from the oil fields in […]
By John Lee. The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) has said its member companies will not resume crude oil exports via the Iraqi-Türkiye Pipeline (ITP) until the Government of Iraq (GOI) guarantees contract sanctity and payment for past and future exports. Full statement from APIKUR: Designated International Oil Companies (IOCs), along with […]
By John Lee. The United States has pushed the Iraqi government to finalise an agreement with international oil companies (IOCs) to resume crude oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP). At the daily press briefing on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters: "We're urging the Iraqi Government to reach an agreement ... with […]
By John Lee. Representatives from the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) member companies met with officials from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on March 6 to discuss the resumption of oil exports through the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline. APIKUR reiterated that its member companies are ready to restart […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced finalised oil export volumes for January, but has again not disclosed the value of oil exports for the month. This continues the practice of delayed or missing oil export data from the Ministry. Total exports of crude oil: 103,343,193 barrels. Exports from the oil fields in […]
By John Lee. The United States and Iraq have agreed on the need for Iraq to become energy independent, and to quickly reopen the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline (ITP), which can transport oil from Northern Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. In an announcement following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's call with […]
