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While officials in Tehran are excited at the prospect of Iran taking over the chair of the international oil producers’ grouping OPEC, analysts say the…
On a recent afternoon in the southern city of Basra, a cry went up in the local bazaar that the police were coming. In an…
The Iraqi oil ministry’s auction of three natural gas fields last month was angrily opposed by all the governorates in which they are located. With…
The oil ministry’s auction of three natural gas fields this week have been angrily opposed by all the governorates in which they are located, with…
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused some industry experts to reflect on how their country would cope in a similar emergency.…
Three months since Iran’s oil ministry announced it was ending an import deal with three Caspian states, future plans remain unclear. The ministry announced in…