ACCORDING TO ONE legend, the Kurds are descended from 400 virgins who were raped by devils on the way to King Solomon's court. Fatah Kavian, a member of the central committee of the anti-Khomeini ...

“Lorestan’s shale oil must receive serious attention,” he said, noting that while accessing large oil fields has become increasingly difficult, many untapped fields still exist across the country.

Sinopec discovered Xinxing and Qintong shale oil fields in eastern China. The fields show promise for high initial yields. Sinopec said it has discovered Xinxing and Qintong shale oil fields in ...

Iraq is set to announce the reopening of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline within “hours”, a senior government official said on Friday, although a restart of oil shipments from the semi ...

Iraq is waiting for Turkey’s approval to restart the oil flows from the Iraqi Kurdistan region ... crude oil produced from Iraq’s Kirkuk fields, Hayan Abdel-Ghani told reporters: “Production ...

Basim Mohammed Khudair said the halting of shipments from Kurdistan for nearly two years has left oil fields in the region in need of repair to restore their capacity to export 400,000 barrels per ...

Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Exports May Resume in March, KRG Leader Says Iraqi KRG President signals end may be near to long shutdown Barzani also urges the US to hold off on a troop withdrawal ...

Negotiations between BP (NYSE:BP) and the Iraq government over a major deal to redevelop Kirkuk's oil and gas fields must include Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, the Kurdish Prime Minister ...

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s prime minister said he was “surprised” by changes to an approved plan for oil production costs and the Iraqi parliament not voting on it this week ...

On the map, you'll note black patches scattered about the north, east, and central portions of the island. These patches indicate Crude Oil fields, and there's usually a bit of clear room around ...

This amounts to an annual production of approximately 711 million metric tons of oil. But which state produces the most? A new map from Newsweek ... natural gas in fields. It is similar to light ...

In 2021 the KRG opposed a purported proposal by the central oil minister to put Kurdistan oil fields under Baghdad’s control and disputed the minister’s alleged claim that Kirkuk fields belong ...