Claims arrest with no charge is political, taste of what’s to come in run-up to Parliament elections, and a threat to press freedom.
Iraq oil exports drop in February
Iraq is still having trouble keeping exports up to summer 2008 levels when oil prices were at all time highs.
- Iraqi and international oil firms’ talks on first post-war deals are moving along …
- Iraq’s Oil Ministry is getting ever closer to the first post-Iraq war oil deals…
- Iraq oil production not up as reported, possibly slipping …
- Iraq oil deals, perhaps bids, open to firms who register with Oil Ministry by Jan. 31 …
- Accounting for Iraq’s oil … DNO production up, with nowhere to go … Cholera a threat in the north still … Oil, healthcare workers and teachers have outstanding demands …
U.S. auditors return $13 million to Iraq, billions wasted
The U.S. has returned $13 million to Iraq – found "improperly" in American reconstruction budgets – results of an increased workload for the top U.S. auditor of Iraq rebuilding efforts, Ben Lando reports. There’s a long way to go still: the head of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said Monday between 15 percent [...]
What is the US’s Energy Fusion Cell, and where have they been all this war?…
There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget. It's [...]
