Executives from ExxonMobil met Iraq’s new oil minister Bassim Khudair in Baghdad on 7 June. The US main final 12 months signed a preliminary settlement to develop the 450,000 b/d-capacity Majnoon discipline and to discover the event of Iraq’s export infrastructure (MEES, 10 October 2025).
Since taking workplace final month, Mr Khudair has known as on US corporations to renew industrial talks that started beneath the previous authorities (MEES, 22 Could). Iraq is beneath super US strain to disassociate from Iran and dismantle its backed militias within the nation, and Washington sanctioned deputy oil minister Ali Maarich final month over allegedly facilitating oil smuggling for the good thing about Iran and its Iraqi proxies (MEES, 8 Could). (CONTINUED – 183 WORDS)
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