I am the eighth generation here,” says Ahmed Ali Mohammed Elhofni, standing amid pale stone dust in his family-owned ...

BASRA, Iraq, May 22 (Reuters) - Iraq will increase production at its giant West Qurna 1 oilfield to 490,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the “next few days”, a senior Iraqi oil official said on Wednesday.

The US government is backing Iraq’s plan to transfer Lukoil PJSC’s stake in a giant oil field to an American company, days before a sanctions waiver on the Russian firm is set to expire.

(Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) on Friday agreed to sell its entire stake in Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield to Japan's Itochu Corp for $406 million (287.56 million pounds). The deal ...

Iraqis in the southern Basra province on Monday held an open-ended sit-in at a major oilfield to demand improved public services, more job opportunities and an end to perceived government corruption. ...

WEST QURNA 1 OILFIELD, Iraq (Reuters) - Production at Iraq's giant West Qurna 1 oilfield in the south has reached 465,000 barrels per day (bpd) after the completion of new crude processing facilities ...

Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews. Russia’s second-biggest oil producer, Lukoil, has signed a development plan ...

Iraq will see first natural gas production at its supergiant West Qurna field by the end of this year, Iraqi News reports, citing the Iraqi prime minister and federal energy authorities on Monday.

Iraq has temporarily shut down its West Qurna 2 oilfield for maintenance until March 2, a state oil official with knowledge of the field's operations said on Friday. BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iraq ...

WEST QURNA 1 OILFIELD, Iraq, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil Corp XOM.N has formally exited the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq and handed over its operations to PetroChina as ...