Two solar power projects were reportedly given to Chinese corporations by Iraq. This is in accordance with a contract deal between Iraq and China that was reached in 2019 led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Both solar installations are in the Al-Muthanna Governorate, which borders Saudi Arabia …
Read More »Iraq, KSA are Helping Europe Overcome a Pivot away from Russian Oil
Saudi Arabia and Iraq are helping Europe wean off of Russian crude, which is increasingly headed to Asia, as Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine reshuffles the global energy market. Europe has imported more than 1 million barrels per day via the SuMed pipeline in the first three weeks of July, …
Read More »EIA: U.S. Crude Imports from Iraq Slumped Last Week
U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq last week averaged 302 thousand barrels per day (bpd), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said this weekend. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA said that the U.S. net oil imports averaged 5.957 million bpd last week, up by 55 thousand …
Read More »Quarterly Non-Oil Export to Iraq Drops 22% Year on Year
The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Iraq fell 22 percent in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), from that of the same quarter in the previous year, the spokesman of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. Ruhollah Latifi said that Iran …
Read More »Iraq Says to Pay for Gas Imports from Iran Monthly
Iraq’s Electricity Minister Adel Karim has said that Baghdad has paid for all unpaid bills to Iran, and from now on, it will pay for imported gas monthly. The Iraqi electricity minister said, “Recently, $1.649 billion were paid to Tehran for gas debts, and Baghdad does not have any unpaid …
Read More »EIA: U.S. Imported +8 Million Oil Barrels from Iraq in June
U.S. crude oil imports from Iraq averaged 273 thousand barrels per day (bpd) in June, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its monthly report. According to the report, June imports from Iraq amounted to 8.19 million barrels, down from 9.114 million barrels (average 294 thousand bpd) in May. Iraq’s …
Read More »Iraq to Penalize Oil Firms Operating in Southern Oilfields
Oil firms operating in Iraq’s southern oilfields might face penalties from the state for pollution violations, a senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. In a press release he issued earlier today, the head of the Environmental Protection Directorate in the southern territory, Walid al-Mousawi, said that …
Read More »Iraq is a Top Importer of Iranian Goods
Iraq is a top importer of Iranian non-oil products, the chairperson of the Iranian-Russian chamber of commerce, Hadi Tizhoush Taban, said on Saturday. Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, quoted Taban as saying, “non-oil Iranian exports yielded 27.7 million tons, valued at 13.069 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2022; …
Read More »OPEC: Iraq has the Fourth Largest Proven Oil Reserves in the World
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Wednesday, that Iraq possesses the fourth largest proven oil reserves in the world. National Iraqi news agency (NINA) reported OPEC stated in its annual report that proven crude oil reserves in the world amounted to 1,545,071 trillion barrels at the end …
Read More »Iraq to Increase Importing Iranian Gas
Iraqi ministry of electricity announced that the country’s debts for energy imports from Iran have been paid off and Baghdad is now consulting to increase gas imports from Iran. The spokesperson for the Iraqi ministry of electricity told media sources that Iraq imports 40 million cubic meters of Iranian gas …
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