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Iraq isn’t seeking exemption from OPEC+ production cuts because it does not want crude prices to drop, Alsabaah newspaper reported Nov. 29, citing the country’s oil minister Ihsan Ismaael. Oil ministers are set to meet Nov. 30-Dec. 1 to discuss a potential delay in plans to increase output as of …

Iraq plans to invite international companies to compete in order to build a 300,000 b/d refinery south of the country, the oil minister said Nov. 18, as OPEC’s second largest oil producer seeks to wean itself off crude products imports. The refinery, to be built in Fao in the Basra …

The Minister of Oil, Ihssan Abdul-Jabar, confirmed on Sunday the government’s keenness to strengthen bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia in a way that serves common interests. This came on the sidelines of launching work of the Iraqi-Saudi committee in the capital, Baghdad Abdul-Jabbar said in a statement, “this meeting comes …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced on Saturday that one of its priorities is to develop investment projects for associated and free gas. Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, said in a statement, “serious work is being done in implementing these projects despite the financial and economic challenges and difficulties, with cooperation …

Iraqi oil minister Ihsan Ismaael has denied a Reuters report that said Iraq wants to seek an exemption from OPEC+ output cuts in 2021, calling the report “baseless” and reaffirming the country’s support for the curbs agreed in April. “Iraq welcomed the production adjustment decision reached in April 2020 by …

Iraq expects global oil demand to grow at a pace of 3% a year in 2023, and OPEC’s second largest oil producer does not plan to cancel projects due to the current slowdown, the country’s oil minister said Oct. 20. In 2023, “will start the normal oil demand increase of …

The Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, stressed on Tuesday the importance of expediting plans for gas investment associated with oil operations in Al-Rumaila oil field. Ismail said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, “the maintenance of production in Al-Rumaila oil field and the available investment opportunities in …

Iraq’s Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said oil prices are expected to reach around $45 in the first quarter of 2021, the al-Sabah state newspaper reported on Sunday. Iraq has also based a draft 2021 federal budget on a projected oil price of $42 per barrel, the paper cited the …

Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar expects an agreement with the OPEC+ group to increase Iraq’s crude oil exports, state news agency INA cited him as saying on Thursday. The agency was quoting the minister’s comments to state-owned newspaper Al-Sabah. It did not give more details.

Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region could not comply with Baghdad’s request to cut output by 120,000 b/d due to financing needs, but implemented a lesser reduction, a Kurdish minister told Iraq’s state-run TV Sept. 9. The Kurdish region has cut output by 50,000 b/d at 410,000 b/d, Minister of State Khalid …