Mixed signals from Oil Ministry on new offer from Chinese consortium for fields offered in first bidding round, which include famed Fakka field that saw Iranian occupation.
Oil
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Remaining sabotage, smuggling no match – so far – for Iraq's plans to upgrade key oil infrastructure.
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Iraq and Japanese consortium unable to reach deal on southern oil field after more than a year of talks.
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Take a walk down the most valuable sidewalk in the world — the al-Basra Oil Terminal, which Iraq relies on to send nearly 80 percent of its crude to market.
An $85M a day task
Iraq could export more crude from its southern al-Basra Oil Terminal if there was development onshore of key infrastructure, terminal manager Shukour Taha says.
- New oil boards to form across Iraq
- Exxon exec optimistic in Iraq entry
- Lukoil finalizes super-giant W. Qurna 2
- It's a deal
- Eni in Iraq, inks Zubair deal
Corruption stemmed at Beiji refinery – but for how long?
The director general of the Beiji oil refinery, Ali al-Obaidi, sees a future of violence and corruption that could cripple the facility he saved two years ago.
- The crime-fighting outlaw at Beiji
- Daura refinery expansion on time
- Tanker spark kills 2 at Daura Refinery
- Iraq expands refineries
- Refinery back up in Iraq's Anbar province, yet oil is "finished"
