Detailed updates from Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Inside Mosul: July 8-10
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Retaking IS-Held Mosul Likely to Be Tricky, Costly for Iraq
It promises to be the biggest and perhaps last major battle against the Islamic State group in Iraq. Iraq's government is setting its sights on Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city that has been under IS control since June 2014, as its next major target. The assault is probably months away, but fierce fighting already has been […]
Inside Mosul: Oct. 25, 2016
A daily brief on activity inside Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, from Iraq Oil Report’s network of reporters and contacts.
AP Exclusive: Iraq oil fires could jeopardize Mosul mission
A fire at one of Iraq's oil fields could hinder military and humanitarian efforts as operations to recapture the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul get underway. Black smoke continues to billow into the air from the Qayara oil field, damaged by IS militants last month as they fled the town, creating health risks for civilians […]
Oil Wells South of Mosul Burn Days After Key Town Retaken
The skies above this small northern Iraqi town are black with smoke and ash rains down from around a half dozen oil wells that Islamic State group fighters set ablaze as Iraqi troops moved in to retake Qayara last week. Unlike previous ground assaults against IS in Iraq that left entire cities and villages emptied […]
Q&A: Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi – Part 1
Iraq's oil minister discusses increasing production despite a fiscal squeeze, measures to keep IOCs whole, the Basra Gas Company and Zubair projects, and more.
Q&A: Abdul Mahdy al-Ameedi, chief of Iraq oil contracts
The head of the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate discusses negotiations with Exxon, Iraq's new oil contract terms, the future of Kirkuk, and much more.
Fuel costs spike in Mosul after coalition strikes on IS oil hub
Prices of basic fuels have risen by up to 80 percent and quality has plummeted after a June 6 airstrike crippled IS’s import network of road tankers. US officials say the "best" third of the IS oil sector has now been destroyed.
Iraqis bury their dead in cemetery destroyed by IS
Sabriya Hammad buried her son in a cemetery that was destroyed by the same people who killed him. Sitting on cardboard and surrounded by relatives, Hammad sobbed quietly over the mound of earth and rocks beneath a sky darkened by oil well fires set weeks ago by Islamic State fighters. The graveyard south of Mosul […]
Iraqi forces eye Shirqat, one of the last steps before Mosul
Thousands are fleeing a northern Iraqi town controlled by Islamic State before a planned government assault there that would be a major step towards retaking the militant stronghold of Mosul, 100 km (60 miles) further north. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has pledged to recapture Mosul, the ultra-hardline group's de facto Iraqi capital and the largest […]
Inside Mosul: Oct. 18, 2016
A daily brief on activity inside Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, from Iraq Oil Report’s network of reporters and contacts.
Iraqi forces liberate key oil town near Mosul
IS militants leave behind dozens of dead civilians, a trashed refinery complex, and a town choked by oil fires.
Q&A: Haidar Fakher Nasser, director of Khor al-Zubair port
Iraq could soon gain a new option for exporting crude with the ongoing expansion of Khor al-Zubair port.
Mosul assault in focus two years after Islamic State takeover
When Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledged in December that Iraq would retake Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul by the end of 2016, the target was greeted with scepticism by Western allies and officials within his own government. Less than seven months on, the Iraqi military has recaptured most major militant positions in western Anbar […]
Iraqi forces link up south of Mosul, tightening noose around Islamic State
Iraqi government forces advancing on the ISIS-held city of Mosul retook a village from the militants on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a key air base nearby at the weekend, further […]
Q&A: SOMO’s Falah Alamri
The head of Iraq's oil marketing authority touts the market's embrace of the new Basra Heavy crude blend, which will account for most of the country's upcoming export growth.
The four-year plan
The Iraqi Oil Ministry's four-year plan, unveiled but not reproduced in February, available here only to Iraq Oil Report subscribers.
Political implications of the second oil auction
The net outcome of the licensing rounds is likely to be more of an asset than a liability for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Nov. set for second bidding round
Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesman said the second bidding round for oil fields offered to foreign investors will take place at the end of November. Assem Jihad offered few details but said pre-qualified companies will be able to submit bids for 10 oil fields in four months. Meanwhile, rumors that South Oil Co. chief Fayadh Hassan […]
Iraqi Cabinet decisions: July 12, 2016
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.
Inside Mosul: Oct. 31, 2016
A daily brief on activity inside Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, from Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
Government scrambles for solutions as Iraq faces financial free fall
Confronting low oil prices and a pandemic, Iraq will likely be forced to draw heavily from its foreign currency reserves while slashing oil and investment spending.
Iraqi hospital struggles with Mosul’s injured — and its dead
The hospital in Qayara sometimes receives so many dead bodies that they do not fit in the refrigerator unit and have to be left in the corridors. Inside the mortuary, the dead are simply put on the floor because there are no containers, sometimes piled one on top of the other in a gruesome fashion […]
Iraq oil export rebound undercut by depleting oil price
The country faced the worst monthly average oil price in more than two years, overshadowing increased output by both federal and Kurdistan oil sectors.