Police officers stand guard at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, June 3, 2023. (Photo: Joe Klamar/ AFP)
Representatives of oil companies attend the launch of the fifth and sixth licensing rounds for 29 oil and gas fields, at the Oil Ministry headquarters in Baghdad on May 11, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during the launch of the fifth and sixth licensing rounds for 29 oil and gas fields, at the Oil Ministry headquarters in Baghdad on May 11, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with French Ambassador to Iraq Éric Chevalier in Erbil, Nov. 15, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Iraqi Minister of Oil Hayyan Abdul Ghani (left) is pictured during his meeting with KRG Acting Minister of Natural Resources Kamal Mohammed in Erbil, Nov. 12, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
An engineer walks in the grounds of the Khurmala oilfield, 10Km south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2009. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Head of KRG Department of Foreign Relations Safeen Dizayee is pictured during delivering remarks at Kurdish Diplomacy Week symposium in at Salahaddin University-Erbil, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
