https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQk-Xu8-9xo/khalid-al-ansary RSS for Node Tue, 12 May 2026 11:55:59 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/iraq-politicians-chose-new-candidate-for-pm-after-trump-pressure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/iraq-politicians-chose-new-candidate-for-pm-after-trump-pressure Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:24:13 GMT Ali al-Zaidi in Baghdad, in a handout photo released by the Iraqi Presidency Office, on April 27. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/iraq-and-kurdistan-reach-deal-to-resume-oil-exports-via-turkey https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/iraq-and-kurdistan-reach-deal-to-resume-oil-exports-via-turkey Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:50:00 GMT ERBIL, IRAQ - MARCH 17: Men stand near tank trucks at a market for fuel oil and automotive fuel on March 17, 2026 in Erbil, Iraq. Recent drone attacks in the region have forced some oil refineries here to cease operation, while others continue. More broadly, Iraq, a member of OPEC, has had to sharply reduce oil production as its main export route, through the Strait of Hormuz, has been block due to the war between Iran and the U.S., Israel and their regional allies. On March 12, two oil tankers were attacked in Iraqi waters offshore from its main port of Basrah, allegedly by Iranian forces. Meanwhile, Baghdad and the government of semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan are negotiating to try to increase exports through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline, which has been a source of political and legal tension. (Photo by Sedat Suna/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-12/two-tankers-attacked-in-iraqi-waters-oil-ports-suspended https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-12/two-tankers-attacked-in-iraqi-waters-oil-ports-suspended Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:45:47 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/iraq-oil-output-cut-further-as-baghdad-pushes-for-kirkuk-restart https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/iraq-oil-output-cut-further-as-baghdad-pushes-for-kirkuk-restart Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:46:34 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-08/iraq-oil-output-plunges-about-60-as-iran-war-blocks-tankers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-08/iraq-oil-output-plunges-about-60-as-iran-war-blocks-tankers Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:31:02 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/iraq-halts-crude-oil-shipments-via-key-pipeline-to-turkish-port https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/iraq-halts-crude-oil-shipments-via-key-pipeline-to-turkish-port Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:09:34 GMT An oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-23/chevron-signs-agreement-for-iraq-s-west-qurna-2-oil-field https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-23/chevron-signs-agreement-for-iraq-s-west-qurna-2-oil-field Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:58:22 GMT The West Qurna-2 oilfield in Iraq. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/us-rachets-up-pressure-on-iraq-over-post-of-prime-minister https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/us-rachets-up-pressure-on-iraq-over-post-of-prime-minister Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:57:59 GMT Nouri Al-Maliki Photographer: Hadi Mizban/AP Photo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/iraq-courts-us-firms-for-lukoil-stake-amid-washington-support https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/iraq-courts-us-firms-for-lukoil-stake-amid-washington-support Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:02:25 GMT A picture taken on April 17, 2017 shows flames rising from the burning of excess oil at the West Qurna-2 oilfield, west of Basra in southern Iraq. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/lukoil-s-iraqi-oil-keeps-flowing-as-baghdad-takes-over-sales https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/lukoil-s-iraqi-oil-keeps-flowing-as-baghdad-takes-over-sales Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:54:11 GMT An Iraqi oil worker adjusts valves at an oil refinery. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/iraq-pm-s-coalition-wins-parliamentary-polls-early-results-show https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/iraq-pm-s-coalition-wins-parliamentary-polls-early-results-show Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:08:17 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/iraqi-pm-says-he-ll-reshape-economy-if-he-wins-second-term https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/iraqi-pm-says-he-ll-reshape-economy-if-he-wins-second-term Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:52:25 GMT Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani Photographer: Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/iraq-aims-to-lure-us-oil-companies-with-special-terms-pm-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/iraq-aims-to-lure-us-oil-companies-with-special-terms-pm-says Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:45:43 GMT Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani Photographer: Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/exxon-considers-majnoon-oil-field-deal-for-re-entry-into-iraq https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/exxon-considers-majnoon-oil-field-deal-for-re-entry-into-iraq Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:30:20 GMT TOPSHOT - A picture taken on July 15, 2019 shows a partial view of the massive Majnoon oil field, some 40 kms from the eastern border with Iran, north of the Iraqi city of Basra. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo credit should read HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-27/iraq-resumes-kurdistan-oil-exports-after-2-year-halt-reports https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-27/iraq-resumes-kurdistan-oil-exports-after-2-year-halt-reports Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:32:43 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/iraq-s-kurdistan-and-foreign-oil-firms-agree-to-resume-exports https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/iraq-s-kurdistan-and-foreign-oil-firms-agree-to-resume-exports Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:28:09 GMT An oil rig in Kurdistan. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/iraq-oil-firms-poised-to-sign-deal-to-restart-kurdish-exports https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/iraq-oil-firms-poised-to-sign-deal-to-restart-kurdish-exports Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:04:46 GMT An Iraqi woman takes a photograph at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, on May 31, 2009. Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region will begin exporting crude oil for the first time on June 1, piping up to 90,000 bpd to its neighbours, officials said. Initial exports will be around 40,000 barrels per day from the Taq Taq field in the province of Arbil and another 50,000 bpd from the Tawke field in Dohuk, company officials told AFP. (Photo by ALI AL-SAADI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-07/iraq-in-talks-with-exxon-for-oil-storage-in-asia-key-markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-07/iraq-in-talks-with-exxon-for-oil-storage-in-asia-key-markets Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:15:41 GMT TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows the oil tankers Tataki (Liberia-flagged) and Maran Aspasia (Greece-flagged) filling while docked at Al-Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT), about 50 kilometres in the Gulf waters offshore of Iraq's southern Faw peninsula, on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/iraq-goes-dark-as-searing-heat-wave-triggers-power-grid-failure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/iraq-goes-dark-as-searing-heat-wave-triggers-power-grid-failure Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:33:25 GMT An electricity transmission tower south of Hilla city, Iraq. Photographer: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/iraq-agrees-on-oil-plan-with-kurds-in-step-toward-export-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/iraq-agrees-on-oil-plan-with-kurds-in-step-toward-export-deal Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:36:21 GMT