Iraq’s state-owned North Oil Company has finished repairing a key pipeline linking its northern oilfields to Turkiye’s Mediterranean coast, a company source said on Wednesday. “The pipeline, repeatedly targeted by ISIS militants, is now ready to pump crude oil from Kirkuk to the Ceyhan export terminal,” the source added. However, …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Supplies to India Reach their Lowest Points
Sources in the Indian oil sector revealed that in June, the country’s oil imports from Iraq dropped to their lowest points since September 2020. According to Shafaq News, Indian refineries have already reduced their imports of oil from several Middle Eastern producers that raised prices early this year. The Iraqi …
Read More »India Cuts Iraq Oil Imports to Lowest since 2020 amid Russian Supply Surge
India’s imports of Iraqi crude oil plummeted in June to their lowest level since September 2020, industry data revealed this weekend. Indian refineries have been scaling back purchases from traditional Middle Eastern suppliers that raised prices earlier this year, the data showed. “Part of the reason is that they (Iraq) …
Read More »EIA Reports Drop in Iraqi Oil Exports to the US
Iraqi oil exports to the United States saw a decrease last week, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Sunday. The EIA reported that the average US crude oil imports from eight key countries reached 5.974 million barrels per day (bpd) last week, down by 70,000 bpd from …
Read More »Russia, Iraq And Kazakhstan to Compensate Overproduction in the next 15 Months
Russia, Iraq, and Kazakhstan have submitted their compensation plans to the OPEC Secretariat for overproduced crude volumes for the first six months of 2024. According to OPEC, the entire over-produced volumes will be fully compensated for over the next 15 months through September 2025, with Russia ‘paying back’ a cumulative …
Read More »Iraq Targets 250 MW Power Generation from a Southern Oilfield
Iraq aims to utilize 70 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of associated gas from the Bazerkan field for power generation, targeting 250 megawatts (MW) of capacity, the Oil Ministry said on Monday. “The ministry is expediting investment in associated gas from the Bazerkan oil operations to support the power …
Read More »Basrah Crudes Drop despite Global Oil Stabilization
On Wednesday, Basrah crude oil dropped amid a stabilization in global oil prices. Basrah Heavy crude edged lower by $1.56 to $79.52, while Basrah Medium rose by $1.56 to $82.42. Oil prices held steady on Wednesday, with the global benchmark Brent hovering near a one-month low reached in the previous …
Read More »Iraq Ranks 19th for Cheapest Gasoline Prices Worldwide in June
Iraq has secured the 19th spot among countries with the cheapest gasoline prices worldwide, according to the June 2024 Global Petrol Prices report. The report, compiled by the international fuel and energy pricing website, indicates that Iraq’s gasoline is priced at a competitive $0.649 per liter. Notably, Iran tops the …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Production Drops nearly 4% in 2024
Iraq’s oil production has decreased by approximately 4% in 2024, according to statistics published by the Energy Institute (EI). The EI report, obtained by Shafaq News Agency, indicates that the total global production of crude oil and condensates reached 82.636 million barrels per day, marking a 1.4% growth compared to …
Read More »EIA Reports a Decline in Iraq’s Oil Exports to US
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the US had dropped during the past week. “In a span of a week, the US imports of crude oil from eight major countries amounted to 6.028 million bpd, down by 21,000 bpd from the previous …
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