Plus: *KRG denies DNO export permit rumor *Kirkuk gas pipeline blast not affecting oil exports *Details on the Iraq oil and gas bidding process *Bush cuts Iraq oil grab ban from defense bill *Alive in Baghdad: A fuel crisis? *Top McCain official wanted Saddam off rogue list to secure oil deal *Iraq Press Roundup *Much, [...]
- A look into Shell and other oil firms’ angling into Iraqi oil and gas deals…
- Int’l audit of Iraq’s oil revenues show more to be done to prevent smuggling…
- Iraq’s multi-phased oil contract process moves forward…
- Iraq: Big Oil deals could clear late-March…
- Oil Ministry gets go-ahead from cabinet to sign two-year deals with Big Oil…
U.S. Congress calls on Bush to block or cancel Iraq oil deals
*Big Oil deals with Baghdad are the target *As are Hunt Oil and other KRG deals signed with U.S. firms *Plus, Iraq to establish Maysan oil company *And, Alive in Baghdad U.S. congressional leaders are pressing the Bush administration to block deals to be signed between the Iraqi federal government and the world's largest oil [...]
New security for Iraq’s most important city … Kirkuk vote delayed … New oil tankers, Syria pipeline … 5M Iraq orphans …
Basra’s Changing Hands Iraq’s oil capital, Basra, is now officially under control of Iraqi forces. The British have "controlled" the area since 2003. Control is relative, however, since under British occupation Iraq’s main rivalries have been allowed to foster competing militia violence and, along with other armed groups and gangs, turn the oil and fuels [...]
Iraqis find dialogue on oil issues in London
Plus: *Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget *Could help Iraq in long run *Increase oil production needs investment *KRG responds to Maliki *India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate *The Trains of Iraq *Iraq Press Roundup *U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq A conference to connect Iraq [...]
