Parvin Faghfouri Azar

Kurdistan Oil Exports Surge after Pipeline Restart

The export availability of crude oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan continues to increase after the pipeline from northern Iraq to the Turkish Mediterranean coast resumed flows on Saturday, one of the foreign companies operating in Kurdistan said on Monday. UK-listed Gulf Keystone Petroleum confirmed that crude oil exports …

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Saudi Arabia to Raise its Crude Prices to Asia

Saudi Arabia is expected to raise slightly the price of its flagship crude grade loading for Asia in November, to reflect stronger Middle Eastern oil benchmarks, refining sources told Reuters in a survey released on Monday. The world’s top crude exporter will be tempted to increase its prices amid stronger …

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Iraq To Restart Kurdistan Oil Exports on September 27

Exports from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan will resume on Saturday, September 27, following agreements reached between Iraq’s federal government, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and a group of international oil companies, Norway-based oil producer DNO ASA said on Friday. However, DNO, one of the major foreign producers in Kurdistan, will …

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Exxon Seeks to Recover Billions Lost in Sakhalin Exit

ExxonMobil has quietly signed a non-binding agreement with Russia’s state-run Rosneft that could open the door to recovering billions lost when it exited the Sakhalin-1 project after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Sources told that Reuters the pact, inked in late August or early September, sets the terms for talks but …

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