Three contracts with foreign oil firms including Exxon Mobil and Shell are slowly making their way through the Iraqi contracting process, which requires political approval.
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No word of victims or from perpetrators in double-kidnapping from the streets of Kirkuk, where security forces and police remain on the hunt.
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Increased oil price and southern export boost helps Iraq see more oil income last month than September, despite northern output drop.
Bringing transparency to Iraq’s crude world
Oil Ministry Inspector General talks about the smuggling evolution, and wants more civil society participation in Iraq’s efforts to be transparent.
January election in doubt
Stalled law governing the vote delays electoral commissions efforts to prepare, making Jan. 18 date more and more unlikely, as political tensions heat up.
Blast stops northern oil exports
The northern export pipeline has stopped working after an attack in an area that was once a major scene of insurgent attacks.
Bringing transparency to Iraq’s crude world
Oil Ministry Inspector General talks about the smuggling evolution, and wants more civil society participation in Iraq’s efforts to be transparent.
