Iraq

Iraq to consider all options if Opec quota not raised, weighs exit, sources say

A resumption of oil exports will help the Opec member lift production as its output collapsed to about 800,000 barrels per day last month.

Iraq urges customers to send oil loading plans after Hormuz exemption, document shows

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A worker operates valves at the Rumaila oil field, Basra, Iraq, March 4, 2026. Exports from there are expected to halt completely at around 8 pm local time (1700 GMT) on Sunday.

Iraqi oil production collapses with Strait of Hormuz blocked by conflict, sources say

Trump on Jul 9 said he would levy a 30% rate on Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka, 25% duties on products from Brunei and Moldova, and a 20% rate on goods from the Philippines.

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Iraq has been hampered in its oil sector development by contract terms viewed as unfavourable by many major oil companies.

Chinese companies win more bids to explore for Iraq oil and gas

The contract, awarded to CNPC Daqing Drilling Engineering, is the single largest overseas contract the company has secured in the past five years.

CNPC’s Daqing unit awarded 1.4 billion yuan drilling contract in Iraq

The United Nations Development Programme says in a 2020 report that “beekeeping has existed in Iraq... for an estimated 8,000 years”, with “recipes that use honey for medicinal purposes” inscribed on ancient Sumerian tablets.

Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought

Iraq spends roughly US$4 billion per year on imports of Iranian gas and power while burning massive quantities of natural gas as a byproduct of its hydrocarbons sector.

Iraq to trade crude oil for Iranian gas to settle power debt: PM

Dhikra Sarsam, a founding member of the Burj Babel Initiative to protect heritage, walks in front of one of Baghdad's remaining heritage homes.

Baghdad's historic homes crumble as real estate booms