Why US-Israel war with Iran is a boon to Iraq: Oil majors say it is ‘fantastic potential from a resource perspective’

Why US-Israel war with Iran is a boon to Iraq: Oil majors say it is ‘fantastic potential from a resource perspective’

Jake Spiering, a Chevron president of corporate business development, told the Chamber event that his company will be investing in a pipeline to avoid the Strait of Hormuz and create another export route out of Iraq. Such a ‌pipeline could ⁠transport Iraqi oil to the west coast of Syria which is on the Mediterranean Sea.

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UAE exit from OPEC signals desire for autonomy in an increasingly volatile oil industry

UAE exit from OPEC signals desire for autonomy in an increasingly volatile oil industry

On a larger scale, Jumaa Mohammed, a politics professor at Iraq’s Tikrit University, argues that the OPEC has increasingly struggled to balance the differing production strategies of its members.

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