Shares in Afren jumped more than 10% in early trading, before falling back slightly, following the company’s announcement that the high impact Simrit-2 exploration well, located on the Ain Sifni PSC in…

Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports have jumped by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) in April, according to shipping data tracked by Reuters, a sign shipments are heading for…

Iraq’s oil exports are surging this month to record rates that are expected to be sustained for the rest of the year, industry sources said yesterday. Exports from the country’s…

Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Baghdad with Royal Dutch Shell to make a technical and economic feasibility study to set up a huge petrochemical plant in Iraq. “Iraq…