Press conference confirms June 29 contract awards; KRG deals must be approved by Oil Ministry.
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Disputes over how oil sector should be managed, controlled will culminate in Parliament questioning of oil minister.
Lingering in the pipeline
Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
Lingering in the pipeline
Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
Laid to rest
U.S. official tasked with advising Iraq Electricity Ministry, killed in Fallujah IED, returns to family in Chicago.
Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency
Plus: *Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement *PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy *Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement *The Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining [...]
Iraqis need better Iraq, U.S. effort
New GAO report: Oil revenue surplus will cover budget deficit, but Iraqis in need of basics like water, while oil and electricity sector need billions of dollars.
- Iraq finalizes oil drilling joint venture with Mesopotamia Petroleum
- Mitsubishi added to Shell-Iraq gas deal
- U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq
- Iraq oil exports in December highest in five months
- U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati
The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn't be too different from President Bush, he said. In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an [...]
