Iraq, Kurdistan Oil Deal Close to CollapseAINA (press release)BAGHDAD -- An oil-sales deal between Iraq and the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government is close to collapse about six months after it was signed, undermining the country's unity as i …

BBC NewsLibya violence: Foreign oil workers 'kidnapped'BBC NewsIslamic State (IS) militants are said to have kidnapped nine foreign oil workers in a raid in Libya, when they reportedly beheaded eight guards. Four Filipinos, an Austrian, a Banglades …

AINA (press release)How Falling Oil Prices Are Hindering Iraq's Ability to Fight Islamic StateAINA (press release)With global oil prices halving in recent months, Iraq's finances are eroding rapidly. Above, a worker walks at an Iraq oil field last …

The Fiscal TimesWhy No One Really Knows Where Oil Prices Are GoingThe Fiscal TimesPredicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oi …