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The announcement signals the KRG's intent to continue exporting oil and meet its own domestic costs independently of Baghdad. However, at the same time as the KRG is moving…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201429
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Baghdad and Erbil are currently negotiating a new budget agreement covering oil revenue and fiscal transfers, which could provide immediate relief. However, internal divisions are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253627
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The border crossing is close to the vital oil pipeline tie-in at Fish-Khabur, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) oil export pipeline meets the federal pipeline…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225469
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He said talks should be based on a rejection of the referendum result, adherence to the national constitution and the continued unity of Iraq. However, he also reiterated that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225032
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Resurgent interest from international oil companies (IOCs) in upstream investment offers an opportunity to accelerate development of Iraq’s underexploited oil and gas reserves but…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270918
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In early May, a sixth licensing round elicited minimal interest. However, hitherto slow-moving projects to capture and use associated gas burnt at oilfields are accelerating. That…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288142
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The KRG has had difficulty making payments to IOCs owing to a serious shortfall in fiscal revenue in 2014-15, the result of disputes with Baghdad and falling oil prices. Salaries…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207699
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The support of two-thirds of the 329 MPs is needed to back a new government. However, neither of the two main factions can garner this level of support individually, resulting in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270009
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The government sought to capitalise on political stability and high oil prices to attract international oil companies (OICs) to invest in new prospects on improved terms…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287576
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Russian oil and gas companies' foreign investments.