U.S. & Iraq's Oil Newsletter
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Back on Washington’s radar: Iraq’s return to the US strategic map
22 Oct 2025 02:02 GMT
Shafaq News
A single sentence by US President Donald Trump during a
summit on Gaza in Sharm El-Sheikh unexpectedly shifted the focus to Iraq: “Iraq
is a country full of oil… but it doesn’t know what to do with it. That’s your
problem.”
The remark, brief …
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Iraq's oil exports to US drop markedly in a week
31 Aug 2025 10:20 GMT
2025-08-31T06:43:38+00:00
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Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraq’s crude oil exports to the United States dropped by
more than half last week, according to data released on Sunday by the US Energy
Information Administration (EIA).
The …
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Iraq's oil fortune: The two-decade grip of a US 'fortress'
15 Aug 2025 17:58 GMT
Shafaq News
Before dawn in Basra, giant oil tankers
edge into the jetties, loading arms glinting under floodlights as millions of
barrels of crude stream aboard for export. Yet most of the proceeds from this
trade never pass through Baghdad’s vaults. …
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US stocks were ultimately mixed although most indices extended on record highs with tech doing the heavy lifting - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open
28 Oct 2025 23:21 GMT
US stocks were ultimately mixed although most indices finished in the green in which the SPX, DJIA and NDX extended on record highs, with outperformance in tech amid strength in NVIDIA (+5%) alongside CEO Huang's keynote address at GTC, where new lines …
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Iraq's oil export volume to US falls by 21,000 bpd
08 Jun 2025 08:07 GMT
2025-06-08T07:42:46+00:00
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Shafaq News/ Iraq’s crude oil
exports to the United States dropped last week, according to data released by
the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Sunday.
The EIA reported that total …
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EIA: Iraq's oil exports to US climb over the week
01 Jun 2025 07:13 GMT
2025-06-01T06:25:02+00:00
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Shafaq News / Iraq’s oil exports to the United States surged over the past week, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Sunday.
The US imported an average of 5.8 million …
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Iraq's Oil Ministry Denounces Kurdistan's Energy Agreements with U.S. Companies
21 May 2025 22:56 GMT
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Iraq's Oil Ministry rejected recent energy agreements between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and U.S. companies, deeming them a violation of Iraqi law.
In a statement, the ministry asserted that the deals, valued at …
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Iraq's Oil Ministry Denounces Kurdistan's Energy Agreements with U.S. Companies
21 May 2025 13:03 GMT
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Iraq's Oil Ministry rejected recent energy agreements between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and U.S. companies, deeming them a violation of Iraqi law.
In a statement, the ministry asserted that the deals, valued at …
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Iraq's oil minister has 'reservations' about energy agreements signed by Kurdish region
21 May 2025 09:34 GMT
BAGHDAD - Iraq's oil minister said that the federal government has reservations about energy agreements signed by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, after Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani oversaw the signing of two deals with U.S. …
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Iraq's oil ministry rejects energy deals signed by KRG with U.S. firms
20 May 2025 22:07 GMT
BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Oil Ministry on Tuesday rejected recent energy contracts signed between Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and U.S. companies, calling them a clear violation of Iraqi law.
In a statement, the ministry said …
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