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*Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates
*Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals
*Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations
*U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments
*Basra worker protest
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a “grand bargain” to head of escalation of conflicts between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
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*Japan, Turkey team up for Iraq oil and gas bid
*CNPC starts Ahdab work
*Oil price drop sparks budget changes
*Oil smugglers arrested
*new video–Alive in Baghdad: Two Families Survive Iraq’s Militias
*Basra port privatization begins
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*And much more
A lawmaker from the parliament’s commission of power on Tuesday said he would collect signatures from MPs to accelerate presenting oil and gas law in the Council of Representatives, Voices of Iraq reports.
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*Lukoil blames Shahristani for West Qurna deal
*March deadline for first bids on oil and gas fields
*December date for announcing second round
*Oil and Electricity ministries combine forces on Mussaib topping plant
* Alive in Baghdad: Baghdad Security Plan Burdens Residents
* Turkey and the PKK, SOFA and more
Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq – a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact …
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*Petrel also says Oil Ministry agrees to payment, ditches Kurdish partner
*Confirmation and details of KRG-South Korea oil investment
*Fields in second oil and gas bidding round discussed
*Kanaqin residents say fight is over oil, future in Iraq
*Alive in Baghdad: Sadr City vs. the Walls
*Food rations to be cut
*Election rules ban some religious images
Iraqi oil and gas deals aren’t just for Big Oil as smaller firms already active in the country are better placed, the head of Petr…
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*Progress on another joint venture, this time for oil drilling
*What the passage of an election law means
*Iraq Press Roundup
An Iraqi oil ministry spokesman says Iraq and China will finalize a US$3 billion oil agreement next week. Assem Jihad says a Chinese delegation will visit Baghdad to sign the deal, The Associated Press reports.
The contract to develop the Ahdab field in southern Iraq is one of four Saddam-era contracts that the Oil Ministry has said it will uphold but reneg…
Energy expert Luay Jawadal-Khatteeb calls Shell’s associated gas deal “unethical,” explains why Iraq needs a gas master plan that will meet domestic needs first.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq addresses the criticism he’s received for attempting to enter Iraq’s oil sector.
The former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq runs a consulting firm focused on Iraq investments and has just been named to Norwegian oil firm DNO, whose Kurdish projects have stoked controversy. He talks to Iraq Oil Report.
