Strategic water project makes progress, helped by Chinese financing

A China-Iraq finance program is set to provide billions of dollars for a seawater supply project that promises to enable a transformational increase in Iraq's oil production.

Flares burn at the Rumaila oil field on June 6, 2020. To fight natural reservoir decline and achieve its production potential, the field needs increasing supplies of water. (JASSIM AL-JABIRI/Iraq Oil Report)

Energy

Iraqi crude exports fall in March

Export volumes declined in March, but Iraq also revised its official February figure sharply upward as OPEC-plus shifts is quota strategy.

Politics

Iraq grapples with power shortages and Iran sanctions as summer looms

The expiration of a U.S. sanctions waiver on Iranian electricity imports is complicating Baghdad's balancing act between Tehran and Washington, while the government scrambles for power supply ahead of peak demand season.

Security

Khor Mor development continues after latest drone attack

Production and expansion work continue at key gas field after yet another attack highlights unresolved Iraqi government security failures.

Interviews

Q&A: Adnan al-Jaberi, deputy chairman of the Parliament Oil and Gas Committee

The Basra MP talks about the prospects for and obstacles to energy sector development in southern Iraq, Kirkuk, and Kurdistan.