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 20, 2016

New talks aim to break Kirkuk oil impasse

Private-sector leaders and government officials in Erbil, Baghdad and Kirkuk are negotiating a plan that would unlock oil production currently tied up in political disputes.

Jul 14, 2016

Oil deal and payment promises in Iraq’s IMF pledge

A "letter of intent" from Iraq outlines a new oil for revenue deal with the KRG and commits to paying oil companies and spending on the Basra Gas Company.

Jul 12, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 12, 2016

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 29, 2016

Basra threatens Turkish company over power cutoff

Gov. Majid al-Nasrawi said he would expropriate floating power stations after Karkey Company briefly shut off electricity supply over $85 million in unpaid bills.

Jun 28, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 28, 2016

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, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 21, 2016

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 14, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 14, 2016

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 7, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: June 7, 2016

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 31, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 31, 2016

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 17, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 17, 2016

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