Iraq targets logistics hurdles

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi (right) next to Transportation Minister Hadi al-Ameri and Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi at the Transportation Ministry's oil development conference Jan. 12 (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Iraq's Transportation Ministry holds a conference aimed to facilitate collaboration among government ministries and foreign oil companies in support of the upcoming, massive oil production increase.

Iraq and Turkey negotiate new pipeline deal

Iraq hopes to negotiate terms for a better future for much-attacked northern pipeline, though Turkey concerned it will lose revenue again if security fails.

Details emerge from the court battle for Rumaila

Iraq Oil Report sheds light on the federal court challenge to BP's contract for Rumaila with the documents filed by the Oil Ministry and MP Musawi in recent hearings.

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Powering Baghdad

Nearly a nuclear power plant's worth of private generators fill in for the struggling national electricity grid in Baghdad.

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Allawi: oil deals should be honored but reviewed, altered

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, leader of the Iraqiya political bloc, in his Baghdad office. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Ex-PM Allawi, leader of the top vote-getting Iraqiya list in the disputed March national elections, rails on an absence of clear policy on oil issues in sit-down with Iraq Oil Report.