Projects nearing completion this year could boost refining capacity by 140,000 bpd, despite chronic failures to attract foreign capital.
Iraq's state company for drilling has idle rigs ready for more upstream development.
New amendments give the KRG's ruling party control of the energy sector's main policymaking body, which had been dormant for more than two years.
Days after declaring four of Kurdistan's oil contracts to be invalid, Baghdad court schedules a hearing on three others for July 17.
Secretive ruling marks escalation in Oil Ministry campaign to end Kurdistan's oil sector independence.
The Oil Ministry’s lawsuit against seven oil companies operating in Kurdistan gained momentum as a Baghdad judge moves toward reviewing contracts.
Three major U.S. oil services companies have now told the Oil Ministry they will comply with new restrictions stemming from February's landmark court ruling against Kurdistan.
Oil Ministry pressure tactics are beginning to inflict pain in the wake of the Federal Supreme Court's landmark ruling against Kurdistan's energy sector.
Repeated attacks have halted a major U.S.-financed project to expand Kurdistan’s electricity feedstock and develop extra capacity toward potential, future gas exports to Europe.
The gas field providing feedstock for most of Kurdistan’s electricity has come under rocket or mortar fire three times in four days.
