After taking over day-to-day leadership of the Oil Ministry in the wake of an ongoing political crisis, Fayadh Nema discusses the path ahead for Iraq's oil sector.
Q&A: Senior Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh Nema
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Q&A: Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh Nema
On the sidelines of an OPEC meeting, Nema talks about the steps Iraq is taking to overcome challenges and hit ambitious production targets.
Oil veterans bring energy expertise to Prime Minister’s Office
Fayadh Nema and Falah Alamri have deep relationships in the Oil Ministry and decades of experience with hot-button energy issues.
Q&A: Senior Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh Nema
The second most senior Iraqi oil official talks about plans to keep up production during a financial squeeze, and the terms for delivering crude to a Kurdish refinery, Ceyhan and Iran.
Mandatory retirement further strains Oil Ministry capacity
Senior Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh Nema is retiring – the latest top ministry official to leave his post after a new law reduced the mandatory retirement age.
NOC oil may feed new Kurdistan refinery
As Iraq’s oil ministry considers supplying crude to a Kurdistan refinery and an Iranian route for trucked exports, a gulf opens up between the KRG’s political parties over the fate of newly-released Kirkuk oil.
Oil production rising, but problems loom
IOCs are investing enough to boost Iraq's overall output despite tight budgets, but short-term fixes are masking fundamental issues that could undermine medium-term growth.
Ghadhban reshuffles Oil Ministry leadership team
Four deputy ministers are swapping positions with one another, in Ghadhban's first major staff changes as minister.
Oil minister shakes up senior leadership
Amidst efforts to reform Oil Ministry management and streamline bureaucracy, Luiebi sidelines Dhia Jaffar and moves to steer upstream operations.
Q&A: Ali al-Mashkoor, member of the Parliament Oil Committee
Parliament is aiming to pass an oil law this year, but there are no plans to resurrect INOC.
Critics from within
Two weeks before bidding round, top officials in South Oil Co. say contracts are "detrimental" to Iraq.
Iraq posts modest but sustained oil gains
Production and export growth to continue, but short-term gains still held back by financial crisis and contractor uncertainty.
Oil Ministry shakeup sees new IOC contracts chief and return of ex-Basra oil director
Ameedi's replacement by Maarij is one of many changes as a new retirement mandates kick in and Ghadhban continues staffing reshuffle.
UPDATE: Oil minister steps down ahead of Cabinet shake-up
Adil Abd al-Mahdi has left the Oil Ministry and ceded authority to his deputy, as Baghdad braces for PM Abadi's Cabinet overhaul.
Iraq shops 12 new oil field contracts
Oil Ministry pursues negotiations with IOCs on new oil projects - a warning shot at OPEC members seeking to impose quotas.
Hunt Oil knew KRG oil deal in disputed territory
According to a State Dept. cable from Iraq, and despite the U.S. Embassy's warnings, the oil company of a George W. Bush intelligence adviser signed a Kurdish oil deal knowing the field was in disputed territory.
ZhenHua inks deal for East Baghdad field
Chinese firm will quadruple production, to 40,000 bpd, under a new deal that differs significantly from Iraq's previous technical service contracts.
Q&A: Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi
Iraq's top oil man talks about renegotiating oil contracts, addressing long-standing disputes with Kurdistan, and building infrastructure and boosting exports.
IS attacks gas plant near Baghdad
The latest in a string of asymmetric attacks around the capital, IS militants partially destroyed a propane filling station in Taji before Energy Police regained control.
Former South Oil chief becomes oil minister
Jabbar Allibi was among the five new ministers approved by Parliament and sworn in on Monday.
Senior Oil Ministry officials suspended over fight
Internal disputes spilled into public view as Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban took disciplinary action against one of his deputy ministers and his security chief.
Mine clearance wrapping up in Block 10
Iraq has nearly completed a project to clear mines and other unexploded ordnance from an exploration block contracted to Lukoil and Japan's Inpex.
Iraq hikes signing bonus as bidding nears end
Higher signature bonuses sought as final terms document is published by Iraq .
KRG holding oil deal signing bonus and sales until Iraq passes revenue sharing law
Iraq's Kurdish region has been collecting millions of dollars in signing bonuses for 19 oil deals inked with international oil companies but is waiting for a federal revenue-haring law before turning it over to Baghdad. The signing bonuses vary from between $1 million and $5 million "to sometimes more than that," Kurdistan Regional Government Minister […]