Most of Iraq’s oil activities, projects halted due to war conditions, says ministry

Most of Iraq’s oil activities and projects have been halted due to current war conditions, a senior Oil Ministry official said Friday, as the regional conflict takes a growing toll on the country’s energy sector, Anadolu reports. “Most activities and projects are currently suspended due to the reality imposed by the war,” Bassem Mohammed Khudair, deputy oil minister for extraction affairs, told the official Iraqi news agency INA. Production levels at oil fields could return to previous rates “within days if the crisis ends,” he said, adding that gas projects have not fully stopped but their continuity “depends directly on an end to the ongoing war.” Producing fields that do not rely on imported materials are still being managed effectively […]