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In a meeting Iraqi Parliament Speaker, the Iranian Foreign Minister described Tehran-Baghdad regional cooperation as fast-paced and effective. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his accompanying delegation met with Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi in the capital Baghdad on Wednesday night. During the meeting, the two officials discussed Iran-Iraq relations …

Iraq’s oil ministry on Tuesday signed several contracts with UAE’s Crescent Petroleum, China’s Geo Jade Petroleum and Hong Kong’s United Energy Group (UEG) to develop oil and gas fields in Diyala and Basra provinces, as the country plans to be self-sufficient in gas production within the next three years. Iraq’s …

India’s Iraqi oil imports in January rose to a seven-month high of 983,000 barrels per day (bpd), up 11% from December, data from trade sources showed. However, it only comes second to Moscow as India’s oil imports from Russia climbed to a record 1.4 million bpd in January, up 9.2% …

OPEC has raised its 2023 global oil demand growth forecast in its first upward revision for months, due to China’s relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, and trimmed supply forecasts for Russia and other non-OPEC producers, pointing to a tighter market. Global oil demand will rise this year by 2.32 million barrels …

Iraq will dispatch 60,000 tons of fuel oil to neighboring Syria following last week’s deadly earthquakes that killed thousands. In a statement, the Iraqi government said the aid shipment will be delivered to the Syrian side through Al-Mikhtaf area in the Iraqi territorial waters. The statement said the aid shipment …

National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) has signed a cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Basra Oil Company (BOC), Shana reported. The MOU was signed on the sidelines of the 13th Specialized Exhibition of Khuzestan Manufacturing Oil Industry Equipment in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province. According to NISOC Head Alireza Daneshi, …

The average price of gasoline in Iraq reached 5.14 U.S. dollars per liter. In its report for January 2023, Global Petrol Prices said that Iraq ranked 12th among countries with the cheapest gasoline prices (514 cents per liter) and fifth among Arab countries, preceded by Libya, Syria, Algeria, and Kuwait. …

According to sources cited by Reuters, Qatar is in negotiations to acquire a share in the $27 billion cluster of energy projects in Iraq owned by the French multi-energy business TotalEnergies. The Qatari investment is anticipated to help Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, who was elected last year following a …

The new Karbala refinery south of Baghdad is expected to reach full 140,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity by July this year, a source at the facility told Reuters on Tuesday. The Karbala refinery, estimated to have cost just over $6 billion, is expected to begin commercial production of fuels …

Iran exported more than $621.761 million worth of non-oil commodities to Iraq via the Khosravi border crossing in the first nine months of the calendar year that started in late March, up 28% compared to the same period last year. Mehdi Abbasi, director of the Khosravi Customs Office, told IRNA …