Iraq seeks financial agreement with Kurds before pumping crude to TurkeyIraq will not resume pumping crude through a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey unless it reaches a financial agreement with the Kurdish regional government, the Iraqi oil minister said. Adel Abdul Mahdi confirmed on h More… |
TonenGeneral imports Japan's first Kurdish oil cargoTonenGeneral imported Japan's first cargo of Kurdish crude from northern Iraq in January, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region began selling oil dir More… |
Baghdad makes $455m budget payment to KurdsIraq's Kurdistan region received a $455 million budget payment from Baghdad for March, proof the national government honours a deal over the Kurds' oil policies, the country's finance minister said on Thursday. More… |
Iraqi Kurds liberate besieged Sinjar mountainKurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday. "The peshmerga have managed to reach the More… |
Trafigura helped Iraqi Kurds defy Baghdad to sell oilTrafigura, one of the world's biggest commodities trading firms, played a pivotal role in helping Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region export oil, which the Iraqi government considered illegal, three sou More… |
Iraqi government reaches deal with Kurds on oil, budgetIraq's government reached a formal agreement with Kurdish regional authorities to end a protracted dispute over oil exports and budget payments to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Finance Min More… |
Iraq's oil exports rising in October despite unrestIraq's oil exports from its southern terminals are holding close to a record high in October and Kurdish shipments are climbing, a further sign that fighting has not derailed an expansion of supplies from Opec's second-largest producer. More… |
Iraq's oil exports rising in October despite unrestIraq's oil exports from its southern terminals are holding close to a record high in October and Kurdish shipments are climbing, a further sign that fighting has not derailed an expansion of supplies from Opec's second-largest producer. More… |
As Kurds regain ground in Iraq, new challenges emergeThe changing fortunes of war in northern Iraq are recorded in layers of graffiti daubed on the walls of villages overrun by Islamic State militants this summer, but since re-appropriated by Kurdish peshmerga forces. "Bravo pe More… |
Iraq refiles case in US court over disputed Kurdish crudeIraq has refiled in US court to gain control of $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker near Texas, days after the court ruled it lacked jurisdiction to seize the cargo but said it could hear arguments over who is the oil's rightful More… |