Oil prices are sensitive to geopolitical tension. There’s renewed tension between the US and Iran due to the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad. The tension could impact oil prices. Market Realist reports in its article …
A gas station has exploded in one of the industrial zones of Turkey’s Kirikkale province, the Turkish media reported. According to the preliminary data, two were injured and one person died. Firefighters and ambulance teams …
The U.S. is seeking to merge the territories of Iraq and Syria to exploit underground resources
Iran is forecast to add the highest trunk pipeline length in the Middle East oil and gas pipelines industry between 2018 and 2022, contributing a total length of 12 698 km, which will account for more than 50% of the region’s planned …
Approval of plans to expand Iraq’s oil output and export capacity awaits the formation of a new cabinet, following May’s inconclusive election results. As Petroleum Economist writes in an article " …
Iraq complied less with the supply deal than its OPEC peers, but the drop in Kirkuk output boosted Iraqi and overall compliance
Iraq has agreed to swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from the northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield for Iranian oil, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Saturday, Reuters reports. The agreement signed by the two …
Iraq plans to build a new pipeline that will ship oil from Kirkuk’s oilfields to the Ceyhan port in Turkey, the oil ministry said in a statement.. The new pipeline will replace an old and severely damaged section of the …
Ayatollah Sistani and Barham Salih are key to defusing tensions
They can’t move markets like they used to
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the withdrawal of Shiite-led pro-government militias from Kirkuk province, who took part in the successful campaign to expel Kurdish forces from the northern region. …
The UN Security Council expressed concern over recent reports of violence near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. According to media reports, the city was reportedly seized by Iraqi Government forces from Kurds. …
ISIS militants have executed 28 army recruits southwest of Kirkuk, a police official said Wednesday. "ISIS members executed today 28 army and Sahwa recruits at a district in Hawija 55 km southwest of Kirkuk,” the head of …
Iraqi forces have pushed into a town near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul after a wave of militant attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk set off more than 24 hours of heavy clashes, with ongoing skirmishes in some …
SIS executed 284 men and boys as coalition forces closed in on Mosul, an Iraqi intelligence source told CNN. Those killed Thursday and Friday had been rounded up near and in the city for use as human shields against attacks that …
A massive Islamic State (ISIS) assault on targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk came to an end Saturday after a day and night of heavy clashes, as Iraqi forces launched a new advance southeast of the ISIS-held city of Mosul. …
At least 16 people have been killed in militant attacks on government-run facilities in Iraq’s northern Province of Kirkuk, official sources say. Iraqi security sources said gunmen wearing explosive vests raided multiple …
