Iraq Oil Report spoke to Mounir Bouaziz, Shell’s vice president for Middle East & North Africa, about what it will take to truly secure oil and gas investments in Iraq.
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, [...]
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 [...]
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- Iraq’s oil capitals Basra and Kirkuk have six-month make-or-break window in 2008 …
- Kurds threaten to break from coalition government in Baghdad … UNSC and IMF give another year in Iraq … The future of Basra …
- Baghdad targets KRG deals … Oil law “irreconcilable” … Law vs. security for int’l oil companies … and much more
- Iraqi Kurd oil minister and U.S. energy secretary met in Washington
