Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] has issued a stern warning to the KRG over their attempts to export large quantities of crude oil to Turkey, describing it as “a red line“. “The Kurds are under obligation ...
Tags: Iraqi Oil Minister, KRG, crude oil, Turkey
Both Russia’s Gazprom Neft and the Kurdistan Regional Government have denied that the company has frozen projects in Iraqi Kurdistan. “Gazprom Neft is still working on these projects. The company keeps its interest in ...
Tags: Gazprom, Freezing Kurdistan Contracts, Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi [Elaibi] talks about the extension of Abdalla El-Badri’s tenure as secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He spoke with Bloomberg Television’s ...
By John Lee. OPEC ministers have failed to agree on a new secretary general and have asked Abdalla el-Badri to stay in the post for another year. Four countries had been competing for the job — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Ecuador ...
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OPEC ministers gathering in Vienna have two tasks ahead of them on Wednesday: fix crude output policy for the year ahead and appoint a new secretary general to succeed the outgoing Abdalla el-Badri. While the 12-member group appears ...
Reuters reports that top oil trader Vitol has apologised to the Iraqi government for buying Kurdish oil that was exported via Turkey without Baghdad's permission. Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi[Elaibi]said on in Vienna: "In ...
Tags: Vitol, oil, Kurdish oil, Iraqi