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Iraq Oil Report » Politics 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 4th bid round delayed, Exxon still qualified http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:40 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7267

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi (r) talks to reporters at the 159th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna on June 8, 2011. Iraq's planned production increase and upcoming exploration blocks bidding round will challenge Saudi Arabia for primacy of the cartel. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

The fourth bidding round is now scheduled for May 30-31, as the model contract evolves and IOCs get time to respond.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/feed/ 0 Oil law struggles for daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-struggles-for-daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:31:08 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7215

DNO workers at the Tawke oil field in May 2010. The field is exporting as much as 70,000 bpd, but is curtailed by a political dispute over the legality of DNO's deal with the KRG.(BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/feed/ 0 Energy sector weathers political crisis with minor delays http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/energy-sector-weathers-political-crisis-with-minor-delays-7064/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-sector-weathers-political-crisis-with-minor-delays http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/energy-sector-weathers-political-crisis-with-minor-delays-7064/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:34:53 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7064

Amidst a political breakdown, DPM Shahristani is taking a larger role, and the fourth bidding round and the start-up of new export infrastructure have been set back.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/energy-sector-weathers-political-crisis-with-minor-delays-7064/feed/ 0 Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-hussain-al-shahristani http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:43:02 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6986

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani in his office in Baghdad. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/feed/ 0 Exxon deal stokes territorial disputes http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:56:13 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7004

An Iraqi soldier (R) and a Kurdish peshm

ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/feed/ 0 Iraqi political crisis as US completes pullout http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/iraqi-political-crisis-as-us-completes-pullout-6957/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraqi-political-crisis-as-us-completes-pullout http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/iraqi-political-crisis-as-us-completes-pullout-6957/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:33:11 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6957

U.S. Army cross into Kuwait as the last convoy pulls out of Iraq

American troops are gone, and a political crisis shows Iraq's old divisions may prove stronger than its fledgling institutions.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/iraqi-political-crisis-as-us-completes-pullout-6957/feed/ 0 Oil law deal unlikely this year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:33:09 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6950

Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government

After politicians optimistically touted a new oil law negotiating framework, the two sides have yet to meet and positions remain entrenched.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/feed/ 0 Military ceremony marks the beginning of the unknown http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/military-ceremony-marks-the-beginning-of-the-unknown-6830/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=military-ceremony-marks-the-beginning-of-the-unknown http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/military-ceremony-marks-the-beginning-of-the-unknown-6830/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:32:15 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6830

A man fishes across from the Green Zone on the Tigris River in Baghdad December 2, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. (SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters)

U.S. troops will be gone by the end of the year, and a truly sovereign Iraq is now a country with an uncertain fate.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/military-ceremony-marks-the-beginning-of-the-unknown-6830/feed/ 0 Q&A: Barham Salih http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-barham-salih http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:30:00 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6720

Barham Salih, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, in his office in Erbil. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Shortly after signing watershed deals with ExxonMobil, the KRG's prime minister discusses the resource curse, the U.S. withdrawal, and the future of Kurdistan's oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/feed/ 1 Oil law negotiators hit reset http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:50:11 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6664

Parliament Oil and Energy Committee Chairman Adnan Janabi (R) gives a press conference with Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani (L) in April 2011. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

Casting aside the two latest conflicting oil laws, Baghdad's Luaibi and the KRG's Hawrami will negotiate based on 2007 draft legislation.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/feed/ 0