http://www.iraqoilreport.com The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:40:56 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7259 Iraq's Kurdish region is meeting nearly all its power needs by investing in natural gas fields – and, in a strategic calculation, it's willing to share.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shell-gets-its-gas-deal http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:35:47 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6739 After years of negotiations, Shell inks a 25-year gas company joint venture with Iraq, making it the largest investor in the country's oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:58:28 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6714 Days before Shell and Iraq are to formalize a new gas company, Basra's local government has voted to file a lawsuit challenging the deal.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:52:16 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6646 A final signing could come as early as next week, after Iraq's Cabinet approved Shell's deal to capture billions of dollars' worth of associated gas that is currently flared in Basra.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/wasted-money-global-concern-over-iraqs-persistent-gas-flaring-6442/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wasted-money-global-concern-over-iraqs-persistent-gas-flaring http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/wasted-money-global-concern-over-iraqs-persistent-gas-flaring-6442/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:30:53 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6442 The World Bank says Iraq's burning of associated gas is an environmental catastrophe that could erase progress made worldwide.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/wasted-money-global-concern-over-iraqs-persistent-gas-flaring-6442/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/akkas-deal-finally-signed-6348/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=akkas-deal-finally-signed http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/akkas-deal-finally-signed-6348/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:03:27 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6348 The gas field development deal awarded to the Korea Gas Corp. has been finalized, surviving 51 weeks of political wrangling.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/akkas-deal-finally-signed-6348/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/new-power-minister-promises-review-6333/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-power-minister-promises-review http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/new-power-minister-promises-review-6333/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:47:20 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6333 Abdul Karim Aftan pledges a thorough review of senior staff and all ongoing projects, as the Electricity Ministry reels from outcry over corruption allegations and inadequate power supply.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/new-power-minister-promises-review-6333/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/exclusive-the-shell-gas-deal-contract-6267/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-the-shell-gas-deal-contract http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/exclusive-the-shell-gas-deal-contract-6267/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:47:59 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6267 As the multi-billion-dollar natural gas joint venture awaits Cabinet approval, Iraq Oil Report publishes the draft contract.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/exclusive-the-shell-gas-deal-contract-6267/feed/ 1 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/breaking-anbar-governor-halts-arrest-of-ex-electricity-minister-6253/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-anbar-governor-halts-arrest-of-ex-electricity-minister http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/breaking-anbar-governor-halts-arrest-of-ex-electricity-minister-6253/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:10:34 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6253 Baghdad's anti-corruption authorities mobilized to arrest Ra'ad Shalal al-Ani, who resigned from the Electricity Ministry in the aftermath of an August contracting scandal.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/electricity/breaking-anbar-governor-halts-arrest-of-ex-electricity-minister-6253/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/the-secret-history-of-the-shell-gas-deal-6221/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secret-history-of-the-shell-gas-deal http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/the-secret-history-of-the-shell-gas-deal-6221/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:58:59 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6221 Leaked U.S. Embassy cables and candid interviews reveal the story behind Shell's quest to export Iraqi natural gas.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/the-secret-history-of-the-shell-gas-deal-6221/feed/ 0