Q&A: The World Bank's Stephen Rimmer

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The private sector development specialist recommends reforms for Iraq to open its markets to foreign and Iraqi private investment.

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Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani (right) with China National Petroleum Corp. and Iraqi Oil Ministry officials at a June 4, 2011, visit to the Rumaila oil field. Rumaila was awarded to BP and CNPC to develop into a 2.85 million bpd field in seven years. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

The deputy prime minister for energy preempts critics in a televised cabinet meeting intended to be a confidence builder at the government's 100 day deadline.

UPDATE: Iranian oil delegation attacked in Baghdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (left, C) and his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi (right, C) smile as they attend an official meeting in Tehran June 21, 2011. (MORTEZA NIKOUBAZ/Reuters)

An Iranian oil ministry delegation en route to meetings in Baghdad was fired on, injuring two Iraqis, before signing a deal to import Iranian fuel for electricity generation.

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Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim al-Luaibi (left) and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz wait to sign the Siba and Mansuriya gas fields contracts at the Iraq Oil Ministry headquarters in Baghdad June 5, 2011. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

The state-owned oil company of Turkey finalized two gas deals, increasing its strategic energy investments with its restive southern neighbor.

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Q&A: The World Bank's Stephen Rimmer

Crossed swords crane

The private sector development specialist recommends reforms for Iraq to open its markets to foreign and Iraqi private investment.