LONDON, April 19 - Last October, at the height of a political crisis in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a letter arrived at the Iraqi oil ministry in Baghdad from Igor Sechin, head of Kremlin oil major Rosneft. (cnbc.com)
Iran's oil ministry says it will ramp up 500,000 barrels per day in production almost immediately, and «most of that oil will go to Europe,» an official told the WSJ. (oilprice.com)
Iran's oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said that compliance with the OPEC deal thus far «has been acceptable overall,» but he said that «some changes are needed,» according to SHANA, the Iranian oil ministry's news agency. (oilprice.com)