Tagged With Iraq
30 November 2024
Decades of turmoil have left Iraq’s vast energy potential underutilised, but renewed investment and strategic reforms are transforming it into a key player in the region
29 November 2024
Although Iraq remains a major crude exporter, it is still some way from becoming a regional energy supply hub. Ambitious new cross-border schemes aim to rectify that situation
29 November 2024
There are opportunities for attractive returns and greater project success amid a real push by the Iraqi government for reform, as long as there is a shared understanding between the needs of investors and the host government
29 November 2024
The country's fifth and sixth oil and gas bid rounds have attracted a range of new players with gas as well as oil ambitions—and there’s a seismic shift in the contracting process
28 November 2024
Transforming Iraq’s natural gas sector is the key to the country’s energy self-sufficiency, allowing it to chart a course towards becoming a supply hub for the wider region
1 October 2024
Our look into Petroleum Economist's archives continues with October 1960 coverage of another key moment in the history of oil and gas: the founding of OPEC
26 July 2024
Oil majors play it safe amid unfavourable terms in latest oil and gas licensing bid rounds allowing Chinese low-ball moves
20 May 2024
Not for the first time, a foreign oil company-led project in Iraq’s Kurdistan region is dealing with the aftermath of a deadly drone attack
30 April 2024
While its regional neighbours reap the rewards of oil and gas success, Iraq’s hydrocarbons sector is lagging behind
15 March 2024
Federal-backed but independent Kurdistan-focused national energy company could underpin better cooperation
26 January 2024
Optimism about Kurdish production increases contrasts with a messy security situation that could obstruct oil and gas progress
18 April 2023
Gas Growth Integrated Project pivotal to key Opec producer’s longer-term success
5 April 2023
Major issues remain despite agreement between Iraq and Kurdistan
10 March 2023
Capacity additions set to take advantage of disruption to Russian diesel
21 February 2023
The $27bn megaproject is key to Iraq’s 2027 oil and gas production goals
6 December 2022
The government’s new focus on relatively small, state-funded refinery expansions and upgrades bodes well for long-awaited progress
21 November 2022
The new Baghdad government hopes to succeed where predecessors have failed in developing supply
9 November 2022
The new administration’s close ties to Tehran could mould its stance towards potential IOC investors
27 July 2022
Oil Ministry claims around key IOC investments ignore its lame duck status
30 June 2022
The Kurdistan region is facing political and military challenges as efforts to appoint a government in Baghdad descend further into chaos
30 May 2022
Political paralysis is preventing Iraq from capitalising on renewed international enthusiasm for upstream investment
20 April 2022
Representatives from the federal and Kurdistan authorities have held in-person talks as they look to resolve a decade-old dispute over oil
29 March 2022
Western countries want Mideast Gulf producers to boost output, but the options are limited
14 March 2022
Soaring oil prices are spurring renewed IOC investment but exposing infrastructure gaps
25 February 2022
Opec’s top producers are unlikely to deviate from an agreement that has brought market stability and buoyed prices
7 February 2022
Soaring oil revenues and heavy Chinese investment have driven a series of recent refining and gas deals
26 January 2022
Control for Iraq’s new NOC of one of the country’s biggest oil assets may just be a first step in Baghdad’s strategy
24 January 2022
Having benefitted from improved oil prices and better relations with Baghdad in 2021, Erbil is looking for more of the same
26 November 2021
Nearly 30 years since the original agreement, Iraq’s route to the Red Sea may be in sight
25 October 2021
A poor showing for Iranian-backed factions may add impetus to efforts to reduce import dependence
21 October 2021
While oil has grabbed the headlines for Iraq, tapping its gas potential could transform the country’s economic fortunes
12 October 2021
In the longer term, the two Gulf heavyweights may become gas exporters. But Egypt’s return to the table could be in doubt
27 September 2021
Following months of uncertainty about potential partner exits, Baghdad now has cause for optimism
26 September 2021
The major has bucked the trend of Iraqi exits and reorganisations. Why is it going where others fear to tread?
20 July 2021
The Middle Eastern state’s welcome of Chinese investment is understandable, but not unproblematic
12 July 2021
The short-term boost to government coffers from crude’s rally will likely postpone any significant changes
5 July 2021
Oft-promised upgrades and greenfield facilities are again making putative progress
27 May 2021
There are many reasons to be cheerful across the Mena oil and gas patch
24 May 2021
Erbil's long-held ambitions to sell its plentiful supplies to gas-poor neighbours move closer to fruition
8 May 2021
Baghdad turns again to China to develop its second largest gasfield
30 March 2021
Iraq’s new crude grade has had a relatively successful first few months. But Basrah Light issuers remain unresolved
13 November 2020
As Gulf states progress bypass projects, time runs down on Iran’s sabre-rattling
10 November 2020
Diminishing sources of clean water and rising demand could increase tension between Baghdad and Erbil, as well as Baghdad and Ankara, a new book says
6 October 2020
The Mid-East Gulf producer may need to take lessons from its peers to achieve best value in a crowded market
2 October 2020
Refining and petrochemicals development may finally be gathering momentum
1 September 2020
The new Iraqi premier is leveraging the US administration’s loathing for Iran to secure energy investments
4 August 2020
Facing the challenge of a domestic economic crisis, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes that successful military interventions in the surrounding region will foster nationalist solidarity
19 June 2020
Traders see the positives as producers commit to even greater respect for quotas
8 June 2020
The new Baghdad government asks for much in return for a pivot towards Saudi Arabia and the US
26 March 2020
Plummeting oil prices and stagnant production have thrown government finances into chaos
