One month after Parliament passed legislation designed to help restart the pipeline to Turkey, implementation is mired in old disagreements.
Cabinet meets Governors' demands to increase petrodollar payments to end to one crucial budget battle.
Baghdad expands state oil sector in south and carves out potential new provinces in restive areas in the north where politics are always at play.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Basra's new Governor, back from heart surgery in Kuwait, is adamant that he approves all new oil deals.
The leadership of Iraq's key provinces is livid about an 80 percent decrease in expected oil revenues.
Commercial and diplomatic row looms as Baghdad initiates legal action over Kurdish exports.
Kurds would have to export regularly at 400,000 bpd – via SOMO – before 17 percent of budget redistribution is released.
Iraq's Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister press Turkish officials to comply with ITP deal, warn KRG and Turkey about "smuggling."
Oil Ministry complains to KRG and Turkey in first official response to Erbil-Ankara energy plans.
Kurdistan aims to start oil sales before the end of the month as crude flows through a new autonomous pipeline to Turkey.
