*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra *Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show Plus: *Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action *Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama? *Violence in Context *Iraq Press Roundup *USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future [...]
- Iraq: Big Oil deals could clear late-March…
- Oil Ministry gets go-ahead from cabinet to sign two-year deals with Big Oil…
- Petrel Resources’ high hopes for PSA from Saddam-era Iraq oil deal…
- Oil companies race to the finish as pre-registration for Iraq oil contracts closes…
- Iraq deals with Big Oil to be signed in March…
Iraq Oil Report must read: Q&A with Iraq oil revenue auditor Joe Christoff
Plus: *Barzani and Bush meet in Washington *SOFA update *Alive in Baghdad: How do Iraqi youths spend their free time? *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Q & A: Joseph Christoff of the U.S. Government Accountability Office talks with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Greg Bruno about Iraq’s oil revenue. The GAO and Christoff’s analytical reports [...]
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- New anti-Kurd oil deal block has majority in Parliament …
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
- Iraq northern oil allegedly travelling through Talabani-controlled KRG and into Iran
- Leader of Iraq oil workers says Iraqis can increase production, with limited help from outsider if need be, but Baghdad refuses to spend the capital …
Turkey’s president forces U.S. to choose between it and Iraq’s Kurds over oil-rich Kirkuk and the PKK …
Plus: *Iraq oil ends '07 with good and it's-been-worse news *Oil law update *What Turkey wants *Iraqi solutions, U.S. problems *much more.... Turkey's president made it clear during his visit to Washington this week that his country will continue a hard-line approach in dealing with the Kurdish guerrilla campaign in his country and ensuring Kirkuk, [...]
