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Iraq Parliament “takes on” KRG deals … Virtual Iraq Oil Contracts … No Civilians in Iraq … New Report: Iraq’s Refugee Crisis

Published November 29, 2007, 6:58 pm in Politics

The KRG oil deals controversy is being raised in Parliament, the Associated Press reports.

There is likely little to be done outside of a back room settlement to the dispute. And that’s very unlikely. The Kurdistan Alliance is a necessary component of the current coalition government that is holding on by a thread. The KA holds a lot of power in that sense and crossing them on the oil deals is a major step. And this Parliament isn’t really big on major steps, in any direction.

Iraqi Kurds vs. Baghdad heats up over oil deals … Kirkuk vote unclear … Unspinning the Surge … Remembering Basra

Published November 20, 2007, 5:44 pm in Politics

Iraqi Kurds issued a scathing rebuke of Iraq’s oil minister, who has warned companies signing deals in the north will be kept out of the rest of the country.

“Our contracts with the (international oil companies) are both constitutional and legal within the framework of the Kurdistan Oil and Gas Law, the only existing framework regulating our oil industry in the post-Saddam era,” the Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement Tuesday.
Read the whole story by United Press International.

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Shahristani on KRG deals … billions to boost production … Iraq gas for Nabucco … Electricity hunt

Published November 15, 2007, 8:24 pm in Politics

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Iraq’s Oil
In a move that could affect Canadian companies, Iraq is in talks with several foreign oil firms to help it ramp up its war-torn oil industry, but those that signed side agreements with the Northern region of …

Turkish trouble and Shiite violence, all in oil-rich Iraq

Published October 24, 2007, 6:04 pm in Security

Turkey may implement economic sanctions against the Kurdistan Regional Government, including cutting needed power supplies, Iran’s PressTV reports. It sounds like a squeeze on the KRG for not quashing the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

The PKK is threatening to sabotage the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline – in the Kurdistan territory – but has yet to make good on it.

The latest on Turkey’s “incursion” is detailed by Deborah Haynes, David Byers and Nico Hines for The London Times.

But K…

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Interview: the future of Iraqi natural gas

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.
Zalmay Khalilzad’s take on Iraq – Part 2

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq addresses the criticism he’s received for attempting to enter Iraq’s oil sector.
Zalmay Khalilzad’s take on Iraq – Part 1

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.