Alluaibi replaced former Minister of Oil Adel Abdul Mahdi, who had suspended his cabinet seat in March 2016.
[19] Alluaibi is not formally connected to any political party and had been criticizing the inefficiency of the ministry of oil as early as 2009.
[20] In December 2017 Aluaibi signed a crude-oil exchange deal with Iran for one year, to export oil from northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield.
[21] In early 2018 Iraq also signed a deal with a U.S. company to further develop oil and gas fields in the south.
[22] Aluaibi regularly appears on national and international media, commenting on the developments within Iraq's oil and gas sector.