Politics

Baghdad court rejects Oil Ministry effort to invalidate KRG oil contracts

The Karkh Court of Appeals has denied an Oil Ministry appeal and reversed a series of 2022 rulings that declared several KRG oil contracts void.

Workers measure the pressure at the Central Processing Facility at the Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan in August 2012. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)

Jul 1, 2017

Legal action deters KRG crude sales to Canada

After Baghdad obtained a Canadian warrant to seize a tanker of Kurdistan exports, the Neverland has sailed back into the Atlantic Ocean.

Jun 30, 2017

UPDATE: Oil Ministry targets Vitol for legal action in KRG oil dispute

Baghdad prepares a legal offensive as the Neverland oil tanker, filled with a controversial cargo of crude from Kurdistan, has appeared off the coast of Canada.

Jun 24, 2017

Baghdad may ramp up legal challenge to Kurdish crude exports

Prime Minister Abadi orders lawyers to block any attempt by the autonomous Kurdistan region to ship oil to the United States following reports that a tanker bearing KRG crude is en route.

Jun 22, 2017

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 22, 2017

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Jun 21, 2017

Q&A: Nasraddin Sayid Sindi, Kurdistan’s disputed territories chief

The chairman of the General Board of Kurdistan Areas outside the Kurdistan Region Administration discusses efforts to hold the referendum in areas outside formal KRG control, and expectations of Iraqi security forces afterward.

Jun 14, 2017

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 13, 2017

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Jun 6, 2017

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 6, 2017

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

May 30, 2017

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 30, 2017

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

May 30, 2017

Q&A: Ahmad Anwar, head of the Kurdistan Integrity Commission

Kurdistan's financial crisis has provided an impetus for government reform, including overlapping efforts to fight low-level corruption.

May 24, 2017

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 23, 2017

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.