Almost a century ago, on October 15, 1927, the forerunner of BP struck oil at Kirkuk in northern Iraq. An uncontrollable fountain of oil, 95,000 barrels per day, shot into the air for 10 days, ...

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was established in 1948 and is owned by the government of Iran. It is a member of OPEC. Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, NIOC was first called the Anglo Persian ...

Talks to restart Kurdish oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have hit a snag as a lack of clarity over payments and ...

BP had stalled plans for Kirkuk for years citing risks of political instability in the province claimed by Iraq’s autonomous ...

BP plc BP, the UK-based energy major, has secured final approval from the Iraqi government to proceed with the redevelopment of the Kirkuk oil fields, aiming to produce more than 3 billion barrels of ...

Baghdad is targeting new crude oil markets in Africa and aims to boost production to over 6 million bpd by 2029 ...

The head of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria has been killed in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to Iraqi officials and US military commanders. Donald Trump said in a post on Truth ...

Masha Krupp has a presence. She has a mesmerizing quality that makes you want to come along on her journey; to buy a book and turn pages. Her recently released memoir - The Coat Check Girl at the ...

City St George's, University of London provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have ...

Billionaire investor and the founder of Baron Capital, Ronald S. Baron acknowledged how “unsettled” investors were amid the ongoing market correction and highlighted the inexpensive stocks on ...

ERBIL — US Congressman Joe Wilson has called on the US Treasury to impose sanctions on Iraq's Rafidain Bank, alleging its involvement in laundering billions of dollars for pro-Iran militias in Iraq.

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of ...