EghtesadOnline: OPEC’s two biggest producers agreed to strengthen their commitment to production cuts and maintain balance in world crude markets, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said after talks with his Iraqi counterpart Jabbar al-Luaibi , according to the kingdom’s state news agency SPA.

EghtesadOnline: Iran and Iraq have started a new round of discussions to promote cooperation in the area of energy.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq has reduced its oil production by 160,000 barrels a day and will comply with cuts it agreed to make under an OPEC output deal, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said, even as ship loading data suggested that exports are set to increase next month.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi says an agreement will be signed with Iran soon to jointly invest in two oil fields shared between the two countries.

EghtesadOnline: Iran says it has reached an agreement with Iraq to construct a pipeline that would export crude oil from the northern Iraqi fields of Kirkuk via Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that Iran's gas pipeline which transfers Iran's gas to Iraq is ready to be launched.

EghtesadOnline: With trays of sweet tea and a tour of Babylonian treasures at the national museum, Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi welcomed energy reporters to Baghdad. A month after railing about OPEC data, he chose a softer approach to make the case that his country pumps more oil than the group acknowledges and won’t join other members in cutting output.

EghtesadOnline: Jabbar al-Luaibi , the former head of Iraq’s biggest crude producer who was appointed oil minister on Monday, said that he sees ways to resolve the energy dispute with the self-governed Kurds in the north of OPEC’s No. 2 producer.