Rudaw - US troop deployments to the Middle East could provoke Iran to blockade the strategic Strait of Hormuz, causing chaos for global oil markets, Iraqs oil minister warned Saturday. US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had approved the deployment of another 1,500 troops and a dozen more fighter jets as a protective measure. Speaking ...

Reuters - Exxon Mobils decision to evacuate its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday was unacceptable and unjustified, Iraqs Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Sunday. The withdrawal of multiple employees - despite their small number - temporarily has nothing to do with the security situation or threats in ...

Reuters - Iraq has contingency plans for any stoppage of Iranian gas imports for its power grid but hopes no such disruption will take place, Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Thursday. He also said a meeting of OPECs ministerial monitoring committee in Saudi Arabia this weekend would assess member states commitment to a deal reducing oil production ...

MNA Deputy prime minister of Iraq for energy affairs said the US decision on ending waivers on Iran sanctions does not affect Iraqs energy ties with Iran since the country does not import oil from Iran Thamer Ghadhban, who is also the countrys oil minister, made the remarks in a joint press conference with Executive Director of the International ...

SHANA Visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadhban expressed optimism for furthering cooperation between Iran and Iraq for the benefit of the two countries nations. Following a visit to the Energy Industries Engineering and Design (EIED, an affiliate to the Oil Industries' Engineering and Construction (OIEC)), the official hoped for advancing ...

FNA - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and his Iraqi counterpart Thamir Ghadhban, in a meeting in Baghdad, exchanged view on ways to broaden bilateral cooperation, and pledged to expand relations between oil industries of the two countries. During a meeting, Zanganeh expressed hope that mutual talks between Iranian and Iraqi officials ...

Reuters - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Thursday U.S. sanctions against his country were fully illegal and Tehran would not comply with them. We believe that we should not comply with the illegal sanctions against Iran, Zanganeh told a joint news conference in Baghdad with his Iraqi counterpart, Thamer al-Ghadhban. Zanganeh also ...

Reuters - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday he discussed sanctions against Iran with Iraqi energy officials as Washington pressures Baghdad to stop importing Iranian gas that is crucial for its power grid. Sanctions were mentioned, theyre a reality, theyre there, Perry told reporters in Baghdad after meeting Iraqs oil and electricity ...

Reuters - Iraq plans to increase its oil output and export capacity in 2019, with a focus on its southern oilfields, and is close to reaching a deal with international companies, Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Tuesday. The new minister also said the shortfall in oil supply caused by new U.S. sanctions on Iran had yet to be gauged before Iraq ...