BASRA, Iraq – Hundreds of miles of mostly rusty pipelines cut across the bleak desert landscape near this southern port city under a smog-filled sky, as foreign crews in flak jackets, guarded by ...

Despite recent challenges, there is some optimism in the oil industry. Iraq is currently in talks with France’s TotalEnergies about the finalisation of a long-delayed $27-billion energy deal.

Click here to enlarge image. Iraq’s Coalition Provisional Authority estimated in 2004 that completion of all the repairs and upgrades to oil sector facilities would require $8 billion.

Spending on the rehabilitation of the Iraqi oil industry to restore downstream and upstream operations to the pre-Kuwaiti war production level of 3.5mn b/d started immediately after the war with the ...

GAO: Iraqi Oil Sector In Tatters. July 20, 2007 / 1:02 PM EDT / US News ... Security remains the biggest of the challenges, but future investment will be difficult as well.

Drone attacks on oil fields in Iraq's Kurdish region shut down facilities - Drones have attacked oil fields in Iraq's Kurdish ...

Iraq’s hopes of rivaling Saudi Arabia for regional oil dominance, already hurt by a pullback in foreign investment, are facing new challenges from escalating conflict and threats of U.S ...

Iraqi Oil Sector Faces Year Of Challenge And Promise. The year 2012 will be critical for Iraq’s oil sector. In both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and federal areas of Iraq major oil and ...

The Gas Growth Integrated Project focuses on bolstering the country’s oil-rich but underdeveloped Basra province. TotalEnergies would take on a 45% stake in the Basra Oil Company, with Iraq ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A multi-billion dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could help resolve Iraq’s longstanding electricity crisis, attract international investors and reduce its reliance on ...

While security remains a serious challenge, Iraq is making progress in restoring production and export of crude oil and petroleum products, current and former officials of the Iraqi Oil Ministry ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A multibillion-dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could help resolve Iraq’s longstanding electricity crisis, attract international investors and reduce its ...