Plus: *Iraq oil law expected next week in Parliament *Northern Iraq oil exports stopped on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline blast *Six state oil firms added to bidding list *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra [...]
- Iraq oil deals in the north have wildcatters optimistic
- Iraq oil deals in Baghdad talks as KRG signs with Talisman
- 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…
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 [...]
- Pentagon report: Iraq oil law, related laws stuck; Progress in oil and electricity sectors not necessarily sustainable…
- Key U.S. Senate committee wants answers to Iraq investment in own reconstruction …
- Iraq-Turkey-U.S. talks begin in Istanbul on developing Iraq’s gas …
- Are Baghdad-Kurd talks on oil issues about to start again?…
- Disputes between Iraq’s national government and Kurdish region keep taking their toll…
Basra amidst violence may see major push by previously ineffective Iraqi troops…
Plus: *Doubts linger in Big Oil's mind over signing time for new deals *Top energy adviser to Maliki assures the terms are good enough *Iraq cuts Basra crude price to European buyers *KBR finishes Persian Gulf platform work *Much more... Basra is the key to Iraq -- a major city and source of oil, plus [...]
