Thanks to two oil auctions, within eight years Iraq may eclipse Saudi Arabia to become the largest oil producer in the world. Many obstacles, however, remain.
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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 [...]
Naft Khanah a gas leak, not fire
Damage is minimal but extent still unknown as reports surface that a gas leak triggered a rush to the northern Iraq field by firefighters.
- Iraqi oil exports slide since May but turnaround expected
- Iraq oil law getting pushed by longtime supporter
- Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms
- Iraq to offer 82 percent of proven oil reserves to international oil companies
- Petrel makes case for ‘Little Oil’ in Iraq
The Kuwaiti tab
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
Iraq oil and violence: the next Nigeria?
Plus: *Lukoil blames Shahristani for West Qurna deal *March deadline for first bids on oil and gas fields *December date for announcing second round *Oil and Electricity ministries combine forces on Mussaib topping plant * Alive in Baghdad: Baghdad Security Plan Burdens Residents * Turkey and the PKK, SOFA and more Recurrent violence in oil-rich [...]
- Iraqi-born Ayatollah bans attacks on Iraq oil sector…
- Basra break in violence allows oil workers to leave, head to work…
- Iraq’s Constitution needs fixing before the oil law can be moved, top MP says…
- Dispute arises over accusation Iran is stealing Iraq oil from field, involved in smuggling …
- New security for Iraq’s most important city … Kirkuk vote delayed … New oil tankers, Syria pipeline … 5M Iraq orphans …
Iraq power generation at 2003 levels
Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level prior to that of Saddam Hussein's fall," the ministry's [...]
The Kuwaiti tab
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
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 [...]
