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Peak demand has fallen by around 40%, allowing closer to continuous supply without increasing generation capacity.
Southern export infrastructure, handling over 92% of exports via the Strait of Hormuz, collapsed between March 8 and April 2.
Nearly 93% of Iraq’s crude exports flow through Basra’s infrastructure, dependent on Gulf access.
February 2026 · First Edition
The Thirteenth Edition examines Iraq's economy at a pivotal moment as oil exports from the Kurdistan Region resumed after more than two years of disruption, this edition asks whether the new oil-for-budget arrangement between Baghdad and Erbil represents a durable step toward fiscal coordination — or merely a temporary political truce.
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