Iraq's natural waterways have little spare supply for oil fields that need more water injection to sustain reservoir pressure and hit higher production targets.

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Fields in Kurdistan are raising production and selling into the local market, as output increases despite the ongoing northern pipeline closure.

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Three monthly loans of $538 million promise temporary relief to pay civil servant salaries, but unresolved questions loom for Kurdistan's oil industry.

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Fayadh Nema and Falah Alamri have deep relationships in the Oil Ministry and decades of experience with hot-button energy issues.

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Baghdad takes a hard line against budget transfers to KRG as negotiations falter, prompting civil servant strikes and imminent protests.

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High-level diplomacy has failed to make progress, and a recent U.S. legal filing from Turkey suggests a new phase of adversarial action.

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Iraq is pushing the limits of its outdated southern export infrastructure as a dispute with Turkey is keeping the northern pipeline system offline.

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One of Iraq's most prolific oil fields can only meet production targets if it can secure additional supplies of water to inject into reservoirs.

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Exports and output are rising, but Kurdistan's oil industry is still in crisis due to the northern pipeline outage.

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Imminent ministerial-level visits to Baghdad and Ankara are likely to address major challenges to restarting Iraq’s northern exports.

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Increasingly frequent attacks deep inside KRG territory pose danger for civilians and underscore challenges for diplomacy.

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A splintering of opposition groups in Iraqi Kurdistan is complicating efforts to meet Iranian demands for secure borders in order to avoid more drone and missile attacks.

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Construction is underway on a new pipeline to bring gas supplies from the Khor Mor field up to Dohuk.

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The KRG has received 598 billion dinars under the new budget law — a fraction of its theoretical monthly entitlement.

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Key details remain unresolved, including the lynchpin issue of whether oil companies will get paid enough to enable KRG fields to restart.

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Sign of cooperation bolsters KRG argument for starting federal budget transfers.

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