Plus *Ex-Iraq corruption watchdog blames firing on oil smuggling investigation *Police bust smugglers in Missan *2008 budget delayed a week *Dana Gas to pump $300M into Iraqi Kurdistan natural gas venture *Corruption allegation over Iraq Central Bank building fire *Iraq Press Roundup *Much, much more… New data from Iraq's oil export arm finds increased production [...]
- Turkey to study pipeline for Iraq gas to run same route as Iraq oil pipelines…
- Iraq intent on boosting oil production by 17 percent; security and investment still uncertain …
- Iraq oil production not up as reported, possibly slipping …
- India’s Reliance Industries to register with Iraq Oil Ministry despite blacklist threat over Kurd deals, more on the Ministry’s prequalification…
- Kirkuk exports to Turkey expected to rise this month, though full restart of pipeline unknown …
Talks on Iraq’s oil disputes not officially happening …
Plus: *Iraq oil exports up last year *But the northern pipeline is down *And last week production dropped *Oil Minister in Davos says OPEC output OK *Babil province talking tough over blackouts Despite rumors that oil law negotiations were going to restart, it appears not so, United Press International reports. The Kurdistan Regional Government and [...]
- Are Baghdad-Kurd talks on oil issues about to start again?…
- Disputes between Iraq’s national government and Kurdish region keep taking their toll…
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- New anti-Kurd oil deal block has majority in Parliament …
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
What is the US’s Energy Fusion Cell, and where have they been all this war?…
There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget. It's [...]
Iraqis are left without fuel or electricity …
Plus: *Iraq Oil Ministry, Big Oil to meet in Jordan this week *Deadline to register for upcoming oil tenders delayed *2008 budget delayed, Kurd vs. Arab continues *Iraq Press Roundup *Is the surge working? A worthless question. *and more... You can't have one without the other, but with many of Iraq's power plants shut and [...]
