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Ben Van Heuvelen

New York

Editor-in-Chief at Iraq Oil Report

Editor-in-Chief of @iraqoilreport. he/him. Personal account, views my own.

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  • 3 weeks ago | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen

    Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani (center left) meets by videoconference with representatives of OPEC member countries on May 28, 2025. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry) Iraq reported a significant decrease in oil exports in May as part of an effort to show compliance with its OPEC-plus production commitments. Exports averaged 3.278 million bpd in May, which includes 117,000 bpd of condensates, according to Oil Ministry data. April exports averaged 3.365 million bpd.

  • 4 weeks ago | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen

    Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (standing, center right) and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (standing, center left) oversee a ceremony in Baghdad on April 4, 2023, to sign a temporary deal for restarting northern oil exports.

  • 1 month ago | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen

    Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani (second from right), BOC Director General Bassim Abdul Karim (far right) and representatives of Geo-Jade and Hilal al-Basra attend a signing ceremony for the South Basra Integrated Project on May 21, 2025.

  • 1 month ago | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen

    Farhan al-Fartousi, director general of the General Company for Ports of Iraq, at the company's headquarters at Al-Maqal port in May 2025. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report) AL-MAQAL PORT, BASRA - Among the many important roles it plays in Iraq’s energy sector, the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) is at the center of a fast-track project to import liquefied natural gas by ship in time for the summer season of high electricity demand.

  • 1 month ago | iraqoilreport.com | Ben Van Heuvelen

    Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (right) and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) speak at a ceremony for the signing of a framework deal to restart Iraq's northern exports in Baghdad on April 4, 2023.

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Ben Van Heuvelen
Ben Van Heuvelen @berendvh
8 Apr 23

Previously unreported details of the landmark Iraq-Turkey arbitration ruling have big implications for the future of Baghdad-Erbil power dynamics and the trajectory of the KRG oil sector. https://t.co/XcYjNJLd3I

Ben Van Heuvelen
Ben Van Heuvelen @berendvh
6 Apr 23

If Turkey refuses to restart exports upon the Iraqi Oil Ministry's instructions, it would very likely constitute a further breach of the ITP treaty. https://t.co/fCpttlSyIW

Giovanni Staunovo🛢
Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo

#Turkey Wants to Negotiate Payments to #Iraq Before Oil Exports Resume A pipeline from Kurdistan has been shut since a tribunal order Talks may delay the restart of 400,000 b/d of exports #oott https://t.co/9gi2c7qP2X

Ben Van Heuvelen
Ben Van Heuvelen @berendvh
6 Apr 23

RT @lcmporter: Our @iraqoilreport latest, on the beginning of production at the long-delayed Karbala refinery. it's still not producing the…