Twelfth contract signed with foreign firms since 2008 will push production capacity to more than 12.5 million bpd within seven years, boosting Missan province's oil standing. And more deals may be in the pipeline.
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Iraq not bound by quota; struggling to reverse decline Plus: *Walid Khadduri on the return of Big Oil to Iraq *Iraq presidency council gives oil smuggling law OK *SOFA Update: English text and analysis *Labor Minister target of suicide bomb *Iraqis suffer for lack of basic services *The Mahdi Army bides its time *Much more [...]
U.S. report: old Iraq southern oil pipelines could break
Plus: *KRG denies DNO export permit rumor *Kirkuk gas pipeline blast not affecting oil exports *Details on the Iraq oil and gas bidding process *Bush cuts Iraq oil grab ban from defense bill *Alive in Baghdad: A fuel crisis? *Top McCain official wanted Saddam off rogue list to secure oil deal *Iraq Press Roundup *Much, [...]
Maliki takes first swing at KRG oil deals
Plus: *Shell and Turkey sign Iraq gas co-op pact *Update on SOFA *Oil capital Basra wants autonomy from Baghdad *Iraq Press Roundup Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blasted the Kurdistan Regional Government for what he calls "constitutional violations." In a press conference he listed them – including developing foreign relations and utilizing Peshmerga forces [...]
- U.S. Congress calls on Bush to block or cancel Iraq oil deals
- Iraq-Turkey-U.S. talks begin in Istanbul on developing Iraq’s gas …
- International actions urge against Iraq oil law, say no good oil decisions can be made under occupation…
- Iraq’s Oil Ministry is getting ever closer to the first post-Iraq war oil deals…
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
Pipeline blast in southern Iraq fixed, oil flow rerouted …
*But danger looms as workers can’t get to work *Those at stations since Tuesday running out of supplies, food and sleep *Basra violence threatens oil investment *Recap of violence from Basra to Baghdad *Port workers say military aims is to privatize *Humanitarian aid desperately needed but unable to reach Basra *KRG posts electricity tenders Iraq [...]
Iraq to join oil revenue transparency pact
Plus: *Oil Minister Shahristani joins PM Maliki’s coalition list *The Green Zone Sit-in *VIDEO: Two-part series on the Surge & Sadr *Operation Hotel California: entering Iraq in 2002 *Iraqi women face increasing threats *All Iraqis in danger with bad water It's an exhausting and complicated process, but Iraq is taking steps to open up its [...]
