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Akkas gas field falters despite increasing power needs

Even as wartime supply disruptions push Iraq toward a summertime electricity crisis, the Akkas gas field is producing at a fraction of its potential.
Representatives of the Iraqi Oil Ministry and the U.S. company SLB gather in Baghdad on July 22, 2025, for the signing of a contract for the development of the Akkas gas field. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry)
May 18, 2011

Oil Police workers win

Interior Ministry bows to protester demands, hires Oil Police contract workers to full-time positions.

May 18, 2011

Beiji refinery security given to Army

After a crippling February attack on Iraq’s second-largest refinery, Maliki has ordered the Iraqi Army to take over Beiji security from the Oil Police.

Mar 15, 2011

Pipeline restarts, Beiji suspects arrested

Iraqi officials have made more than two dozen arrests in the Beiji refinery bombing, fast-tracked repairs to the facility, and restarted the export pipeline attacked last week.

Mar 10, 2011

Oil sector under attack

Bombing of northern export line threatens crude exports to Turkey, another bomb was found at Beiji refinery, and a top investigator says the Feb. 26 Beiji attack was an inside job.

Mar 1, 2011

Beiji back up, repair will take months

Details of the attack are slowly coming out. The damage assessment looks grim, but the government is beefing up efforts amidst an investigation.