KAR has restarted Khurmala Dome exports, is about to launch 3-D seismic, and is finishing new domestic oil and gas pipelines.
Q&A: KAR Group President Baz Karim
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KRG prepares to link pipeline to politics
A new Kurdistan export pipeline is being readied to tie into the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline within Iraqi territory but after the federal Oil Ministry's final metering station.
Strategic KRG pipelines near completion
In a major step towards greater energy sector efficiency – and autonomy from Baghdad – Kurdistan is almost done building the first leg of key gas and oil pipelines.
Khurmala in the crosshairs
Federal forces scramble to reinforce dramatic gains in Iraq's disputed territories, as the KRG fortifies a key oil asset in anticipation of another potential confrontation.
Kirkuk oil starts to flow into Kurdistan
The integration of Kirkuk oil fields into Kurdistan's pipeline network promises to escalate tensions with Baghdad and raise difficult questions over how to manage oil flows and revenue.
Iraq’s North Oil Co. sues to take Khurmala back from KRG
Khurmala Dome accounts for one-third of Iraqi Kurdistan's oil output; the federal North Oil Company, which controlled the field until 2008, is taking legal action to reclaim it.
Kurdistan export pipeline nearly complete
A nearly complete natural gas pipeline has been turned toward the Turkish border for crude exports, bolstering the KRG's threats to sell its oil with or without Baghdad's cooperation.
UPDATE: KRG takes Kirkuk, Bai Hassan fields
When the Oil Ministry gave orders to dismantle a key pipeline, the Kurds took over the NOC's fields, and post-2003 relations between Baghdad and Erbil have never been worse.
KRG lifts crude from Kirkuk field to Kurdistan refinery
Region makes unilateral move to control up to 200,000 bpd of oil without federal or provincial approval.
KRG pins payment hopes on pipelines
Frustrated by partial oil payments from Baghdad, Kurdistan is pushing for economic autonomy by laying the groundwork for export pipelines through Turkey.
Q&A: Baz Karim, CEO of KAR Group
The CEO of Iraq’s largest private-sector energy company discusses KAR Group's projects across northern Iraq.
Tensions rise over Khurmala
With rival armed forces massed near strategically important oil assets, federal and KRG negotiators are at an impasse.
Q&A: Baz Karim, president of KAR Group
The most strategically important energy firm in Kurdistan, KAR manages the majority of the region's production and refining capacity, and its export pipeline.
Oil fields remain beyond reach of frontline fight
Anti-government forces lose ground in areas of northern Iraq heavily populated by people and oil reserves.
New pipeline plan could spur Baghdad-Erbil cooperation
Oil from federally controlled oil fields could flow through Kurdistan's new export pipeline to Turkey within six months.
Oil Ministry widens BP mandate in Kirkuk
BP's consulting deal to help maximize Kirkuk production now includes more fields, including key assets currently managed by the KRG.
NOC oil heading to market via Kurdistan
Around 150,000 bpd from Kirkuk is being pumped to Turkey for the first time in 10 months.
Kurdistan exporting oil from disputed fields
Crude from Bai Hassan and Avana dome, fields formerly operated by federal authorities, is now flowing by pipeline to Turkey for KRG export.
KRG extends gas pipeline network, raising potential for exports
A new 52-inch pipeline to Dohuk, near the Turkish border, will bring feedstock to a dormant power plant — with extra capacity for more destinations in the future, including potential exports.
Kurdistan and Kirkuk production plummets as pipeline stays offline
Security concerns in southeast Turkey are apparently preventing a restart to the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, forcing Kurdistan's oil operators to halt production and worsening the KRG’s fiscal crisis.
Q&A: Gary Vogler
The longest-serving American in Iraq's oil sector gives an insider's account of tactical victories, strategic blunders, and hidden agendas in post-2003 reconstruction.
Pipeline problems hamper exports via Turkey
Chronic outages due to smuggling and technical failures along the Turkish side of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline have sapped both federal and KRG oil sales.
New gas pipeline reinforces Turkey-KRG ties
Turkey is building a pipeline to the Iraqi border – paving the way for natural gas imports and marking a step forward in its energy partnership with Kurdistan.
The four-year plan
The Iraqi Oil Ministry's four-year plan, unveiled but not reproduced in February, available here only to Iraq Oil Report subscribers.