Beyond the Headlines

Oil workers rally for shift change, against DG

Workers from the state-run South Oil Company (SOC) are demanding improved working conditions, including a change in shift hours, and are calling for the resignation of the company's director general if the demands go unmet.

Workers at the South Oil Company rally outside company headquarters in Basra on March 10, 2015. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Jan 6, 2015

Majnoon protesters demand jobs

Demonstrators blocked roads near the Majnoon oil field over the past week, claiming that Royal Dutch Shell has reneged on promises to provide jobs.

Dec 31, 2014

Provincial powers law challenge ended, new one begins

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi followed through on a promise to end the legal challenge, started by his predecessor, to the 2013 amendments of the Provincial Powers Law, but initiated a review that could make further changes.

Dec 30, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 30, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Dec 18, 2014

KRG receiving second $500 million oil payment

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is receiving a second payment from Baghdad, for oil supplied to Iraq’s federal oil marketing authority under a Nov. 13 confidence-building deal.

Dec 18, 2014

Gulf Keystone tests for pipeline exports

The Kurdistan region’s fourth-largest oil producer is evaluating whether to add its production to the pipeline export blend, instead of trucking it 1,000 kilometers to Turkey's Dortyol port.

Dec 16, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 16, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Dec 9, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 9, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Dec 3, 2014

KRG makes first IOC payments for piped oil

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has made its first payment to international oil companies for oil exported independent of Baghdad by pipeline.

Dec 2, 2014

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Dec. 2, 2014

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Nov 26, 2014

KRG receives payment under interim oil deal

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has received most of an oil payment promised by Baghdad, the latest sign of progress for a temporary oil deal that may improve the prospects for negotiations over Iraq’s 2015 federal budget and oil disputes.