Exxon follows ex-BP CEO Hayward into Kurdish bonanza
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson is playing catch-up with a former rival, ex-BP Plc CEO Tony Hayward, in a race to tap oil riches in Iraq’s Kurdish region that dwarf the...
View ArticleExxon Mobil deal hikes tension in northern Iraq
An oil exploration deal between U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil and Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is fueling political tensions in a country where a post-U.S.-troop withdrawal spike in violence and...
View ArticleIraq official says oil exports jump in February
Iraq's daily oil exports surged to 2.8 million barrels per day in February, some half million barrels more than in the previous month.
View ArticleIraqi Kurds ship oil through region’s own pipeline
Iraq’s self-ruled northern Kurdish region said Friday that it has made its first oil shipment through its own pipeline to the international market, bypassing the central government in Baghdad, which...
View ArticleIraqi Kurds take over 2 northern oil fields
Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday and said they would use some of the production for domestic purposes, escalating a...
View ArticleIraq warns against unloading tanker of Kurdish crude anchored off Galveston
The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday cleared an oil tanker carrying Kurdish crude to offload its cargo, potentially paving the way for an import that could complicate U.S. relations with Iraq which has...
View ArticleJudge orders Kurdish crude seized if unloaded
A federal judge ordered U.S. Marshals to seize any crude offloaded from an oil tanker anchored off the Galveston coast carrying 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude.
View ArticleIraqi forces retake most of strategic oil town
Iraqi soldiers battling the Islamic State group recaptured most of the town of Beiji, home to the country's largest oil refinery.
View ArticleOil trims rally as investors weigh OPEC’s inaction on supply
Futures dropped as much as 1.4 percent in London, decreasing for the sixth time in seven days.
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