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Superpower Struggle Puts Iraqi Kurdistan’s Oil Autonomy at Risk

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | June 5, 2025 | Comment off

It has been over two years since the Baghdad-based Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) placed an embargo on independent oil exports from the Erbil-based Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The legal basis for the halting of these essential flows to the finances of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan was the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) order that they would not be resumed until Turkey paid the FGI the US$1.5 billion in damages for these allegedly unauthorised oil exports over many previous years.

Russia Set to Resume Oil & Gas Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | March 11, 2025 | Comment off

Russia is to restart its key oil and gas operations in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) according to recent comments from its Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev.

Iraq Reiterates OPEC+ Pledge Ahead of Restart of Kurdistan Oil Exports

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | February 25, 2025 | Comment off

Iraq remains fully committed to its pledges in the OPEC+ agreement as the restart of oil exports from the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan appears imminent.

Iraq to Receive 185,000 Bpd of Oil from Kurdistan

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | February 24, 2025 | 0 comment

Iraq will receive around 185,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan after exports resume via a pipeline to Turkey, a deputy Iraqi oil minister told the state-run Iraqi News Agency on Sunday without providing a time frame.

Kurdistan’s Oil Independence Dream Just Got Shattered

Energy‚ Oil & Gas | intent | July 3, 2024 | Comment off

IOCs active in Iraqi Kurdistan finally yielded to Baghdad’s calls for oil sales to be handled by SOMO.
For China, a fractious independent Kurdistan with strong former ties to the U.S. would make the administration of Iraq’s oil and gas sector much more difficult.
Despite controlling Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil sector post-2017 independence vote, Russia prefers to work with Baghdad’s central government.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Blames Oil Firms for Kurdistan’s Crude Export Impasse

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | May 21, 2024 | Comment off

alks to restart oil exports from Kurdistan are on hold due to a disagreement over oil contracts.
Oil companies operating in Kurdistan refuse to amend their contracts with the region.
Iraq blames oil companies for the impasse, while Kurdistan previously blamed Baghdad.

Why Is Iraq Now Blaming IOC’s For Ongoing Delay To Kurdish Oil Flows?

Oil & Gas‚ Oil and Gas Industry | intent | April 5, 2024 | Comment off

It has now been just over a year since the Federal Government of Iraq imposed an embargo on oil exports from the country’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
Destroying all financial independence for the region, which is reliant on ongoing independent oil supplies, is one of the tools Baghdad has to erode Erbil’s autonomy.
The latest tactic of blaming international oil companies for the embargo still being in place is just another element.

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