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 - Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraqs West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, three sources told Reuters on Saturday. Production at the oilfield was not affected by the evacuation and work is continuing normally, overseen by Iraqi engineers, Iraqi oil officials said. Production is managed by Iraqi ...

Reuters - Iraq is close to signing a $53 billion, 30-year energy agreement with Exxon Mobil and PetroChina, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday, denying any link between the mega-project and U.S. permission for Iraq to do business with Iran. Iraq expects to make $400 billion over the 30 years the deal will be in effect, the prime minister ...

FNA - The US has told Baghdad that it would extend waivers on Iraq's continued trade with Iran only if the Arab state signs a deal with the American energy company, Exxon Mobil, by mid June, Iran's ambassador to London said quoting a senior Iraqi expert. "According to some Iraqi political sources, the US has informed the Iraqi government that if ...