The long-running dispute over how oil flows are handled in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq has taken a number of legal twists that could put all business of IOCs at risk
A look at the key commercial and regulatory issues facing the oil sector in Iraq, including a market overview, government policy, primary legislation and regulatory bodies.
Baghdad is doubling down on its push to regain control of Kurdish oil, stripping any authority that the government of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq’s north has over its heavily Russian-dominated oil industry
To implement a landmark Federal Supreme Court decision, the Oil Ministry proposes steps to begin federal oversight of KRG oil and gas operations. Kurdish leaders remain defiant.