Beyond the Headlines

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Beyond the Headlines: May 14, 2012

A cloud of smoke covers the sky of Rifa'i district resized
  • Oil workers protest in south
  • Garraf residents complain of pollution
  • Missan pledges to boost oil output
  • Khanah field to double production

Beyond the Headlines: May 7, 2012

Flares at the Nassiriya oil field, which is producing more than 10,000 bpd. Its short-term target is 40,000 bpd, but has encountered problems with its pumps. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Exxon-IDC ink W. Qurna deal
  • Dhi Qar plans new airport
  • Oil Ministry signs equipment deals
  • IEI signs MoU for Iraq oil schools

Beyond the Headlines: April 30, 2012

Iraqi Oil Ministry and Orascom officials signing the Beiji power plant contract in Baghdad. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Security addresses Garraf tribal concerns
  • Progress in Buzurgan, Noor fields
  • Basra moves on Fao port project
  • Iraq signs Beiji power deal

Beyond the Headlines: April 23, 2012

Dhi Qar Sadr delegation resized
  • NOC glitch interrupts Turkey pumping
  • Halfaya worker abuses investigated
  • Kirkuk demands diesel supply
  • No radiation in Buzurgan

Beyond the Headlines: April 15, 2012

Dhi Qar Motorcycle
  • Weatherford security firm targeted
  • Additional power barges contracted
  • New Buzurgan wells flow
  • Jordan denies Iraq-Israel smuggling

Beyond the Headlines: April 8, 2012

Teachers in Dhi Qar province working as temporary staff in the evening schools, some for as many as three years, call for permanent staff positions in morning schools and parity in pay. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Missan disputes KRG smuggling allegations
  • Halfaya on track for 70k bpd in June
  • Iraq works to address water crisis
  • More changes in Dhi Qar police

Beyond the Headlines: April 1, 2012

Residents of Falluja celebrate the Arab League summit and protest the central Iraqi government, which it blames for a lack of services and increased sectarian tension in the country. (JAMAL NAJI/Iraq Oil Report)
  • SOC workers demand profits
  • Maliki fires Missan police chief
  • Missan starts gas pipeline
  • Anbar marks summit with protests

Beyond the Headlines: March 26, 2012

Police in Dhi Qar province break up a fight between supporters and opponents of controversial cleric Mahmoud Sarkhi, following Friday prayers. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Missan begins new oil exploration
  • Alleged refinery thieves arrested
  • Naft Khana pipeline falters
  • Kuwait arrests Iraqi fishermen

Beyond the Headlines: March 12-18

Dhi Qar province security forces seize 10,000 liters of kerosene in 44 barrels hidden in a truck carrying boxes of tomatoes, at a checkpoint between Dawaya and Shatra districts northeast of Nassiriya. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Ex-OPEC ministers launch consultancy
  • Suleimaniya refinery salaries stolen
  • ENI accused of gold-plating
  • Missan calls for de-mining funds

Beyond the Headlines: March 5-11

Hundreds of followers of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest in Nassiriya against the Bahrain government treatment of Shiite Muslims. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
  • Anbar sues for phosphate rights
  • Leadership crisis in Diyala
  • Shell signs power plant deal
  • Southern provinces reshuffle security