Stopgap deal aims to avert northern export shutdown

Baghdad and Ankara are pursuing a temporary deal to keep Iraq's only secondary oil export route operating past the July 27 expiration of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline treaty.

Turkish Energy Minsiter Alparslan Bayraktar (center) hosts a meeting of senior Iraqi and Turkish energy officials to discuss the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline in July 2026. (Photo credit: Iraqi Foreign Ministry)

Energy

Iraq advances U.S. oil deals ahead of Zaidi visit to Washington

Halliburton and HKN win Cabinet approval to develop two oil fields, as Baghdad signals momentum to push bigger American investments forward.

Politics

Maarij arrested in widening corruption crackdown

A second deputy oil minister has been ensnared in an expanding operation that has also taken down several MPs, with potential to reshape Iraq's political power balance.

Security

As Iraq tries to rein in paramilitary groups, oil sector threats remain

Several armed groups say they will put their weapons under state control, but the most aggressive Iran-backed fighters remain outside the process.

Interviews

Q&A: Bassim Mohammed Khudair, Deputy Oil Minister for Upstream

Iraq's top upstream oil official confirms that production, curtailed by war, is ready to surge back online — but only once ships can reliably resume Basra Gulf export loadings.