Iraqi Minister of Oil, Ihssan Abdul-Jabbar, considered setting a price of 80$ US/oil barrel suitable for Iraq to meet the federal budget’s expenditures. Abdul-Jabbar said in an interview with Shafaq News agency, “Iraq will export in 2021 about one billion and 100 million barrels of crude oil according to market …
Read More »Iraqi Oil Minister: No Big Loss in Investing Our Joint Fields with Neighboring Countries
The Iraqi Oil Minister, Ihssan Abdul-Jabbar said on Saturday that the country does not have significant losses in investing its joint fields with neighboring countries. Abdul-Jabbar said exclusively to Shafaq News Agency that “there is a committee for joint fields with Kuwait and Iran regarding joint oil fields with them,” …
Read More »Iraq Misses Goal to Make up for OPEC Quota Breaches
Iraq missed its own target to slash oil output to a six-year low and make up for breaching its OPEC quota. The group’s biggest producer after Saudi Arabia pumped 3.87mn barrels of crude a day last month, only 10,000 fewer than in December, according to a Bloomberg survey and tanker-tracking …
Read More »Iraq’ Oil Exports to the United States Climbed up in the Third Week of January
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s export oil to the United States increased to 115 thousand bpd. EIA stated in a report, “The United States oil exports recorded 4.616 bpd in the third week of January.” The top three source countries of U.S. import oil …
Read More »Iraq to Pare February Oil Production to Balance OPEC+ Overages
Iraq plans to cut oil output in January and February to make up for breaching its OPEC+ quota last year, according to the state company that markets the nation’s crude. OPEC’s second-biggest producer will pump around 3.6 million barrels daily for the two months, according to Ali Nizar, the deputy …
Read More »Iraq Approves Paris Climate Accord in Step Toward Curtailing Oil Dependence
With a stroke of his pen last Wednesday, Iraq’s President Barham Salih approved the parliament’s September vote to accede to the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to combat global warming. As one of the last of the 197 signatory countries to ratify the deal, the move signifies Baghdad’s intent to …
Read More »Improved Oil Prices and Devaluation could Help Iraq’s Financial Stability
Iraq’s economy shrank by 11.2 per cent last year – the country’s worst performance since 2003 – as it dealt with the twin shocks of low oil prices and the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Institute of International Finance. These two factors, combined with ongoing political instability in the country, …
Read More »Iraq’ Oil Exports to the United States Increased in First Week of January
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s export oil to the United States increased to 91 thousand bpd after recording zero. EIA stated in a report, “The United States oil exports recorded 5.541 bpd in the first week of January.” The top three source countries of …
Read More »Iraq Raises Crude Pricing to Asia for February after Saudi Boost
Iraq raised pricing for all crude sales to Asia for February, after a similar move by Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest producer. The second-largest OPEC member, Iraq increased Basrah Light crude to buyers in Asia by 70 cents a barrel, to a $1.10 premium over the regional benchmark, according to a …
Read More »Iraq Waiting for Resumption of Iran Gas Supply
Iraq is still waiting for Iran to resume supplying the country with sufficient amounts of gas for power generation, after the US granted Baghdad a 90-day waiver to continue to import electricity from Tehran on Dec. 30. “The reason for power shortages in provinces is the continuing slashing of Iranian …
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