Iraq and Kurdistan fall out again on federal budget transfers to the region. According to Argus Media and Kurdistan 24, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has not fulfilled its part of the deal in 2020 and the federal government instructed t...

Oil & gas companies operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq received payments last week for March 2020 oil shipments, according to Genel, Gulf Keystone and ShaMaran. This indicates a change of the payment terms, reducing the period between ship...

Two weeks ago, we shared our initial assessment of the oil price shock implications for the oil & gas companies operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in which we identified the businesses better prepared for a prolonged period of low oi...

An unfortunate combination of the oil price war and the COVID-19 pandemic has sent Brent below US$35/bbl, causing a sell-off in the high yield debt of exploration and production (E&P) companies. Prices of Iraq sovereign bonds (Sell) and Kurdistan...

The upcoming Iranian parliamentary election will likely result in higher representation for hardliners. But we do not expect any change in regional geopolitical or oil supply risk to result directly from this. Despite tremendous economic stress,...

Independent oil & gas companies operating in Kurdistan have received their second payment from the government in 2020, according to disclosures made by Genel, Gulf Keystone and Shamaran Petroleum. This further eases concerns about Kurdistan&rsquo...