Published
December 3, 2008,
9:58 pm in
Business
Plus:
*Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget
*Could help Iraq in long run
*Increase oil production needs investment
*KRG responds to Maliki
*India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate
*The Trains of Iraq
*Iraq Press Roundup
*U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq
A conference to connect Iraq oil officials and the international oil industry instead created a space for intra-Iraqi dialogue on key disputes and sticking points holding back Iraq’s oil sector.
W…
Plus:
*Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement
*PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy
*Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s Oil Ministry and Shell to create a joint venture for natural gas, Ahmed Rasheed reports for Re…
Published
November 20, 2008,
5:17 pm in
Politics
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 against national Iraqi Security Forces.
But the most telling of all is that Maliki, long in the oil debate shadows and…
Published
November 18, 2008,
3:38 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Iraq Oil Report update delays
*Get your copy of the Shell-Iraq gas Heads of Agreement
*PetroVietnam renegotiating Saddam-era oil deal
*Iraq Human Rights Commission awaits Presidency Council OK
*Iraq Oil Report Exclusive: Text of Human Rights Commission law
*What is the "Green Zone"?
*The Iraq Press Roundup
Apologies to readers: over the past week regular updates have been delayed as Iraq Oil Report puts the finishing touches on a re-launch and brand new website. It is an excitin…
Published
November 10, 2008,
5:04 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal
*Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again
*Obama’s Iraq
*Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights
*Much more
News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic.
"Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for talks with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami told the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). "They agreed…
Published
November 7, 2008,
3:16 pm in
Politics
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 energy conference here, Bayati said if talks for a U.S. troop deal fail by the end-of-year expiration of the current U.N. mandate, the U.N. Security Council is ready to …
Published
November 6, 2008,
7:49 pm in
Oil
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 province's gas industry, though a key member of Parliament criticizes the project, Ben Lando and Alaa Majeed report for United Press International.
"It…
Published
October 31, 2008,
5:00 pm in
Business
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*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 oil and revenue interactions to the world's watchdogs, Ben Lando reports for United Press International.
"The commitment from the government is s…
Published
October 30, 2008,
6:03 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Oil law back in Parliament
*New wells and other work to boost oil production
*However, questions remain
*Status Of Forces Agreement update
*The Turkey-U.S.-Iraq-Iraqi Kurd dance
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
The U.N.-mandated auditor of Iraq's oil revenue says, despite accounting troubles, it is ready to hand off its work to an all-Iraqi team at the end of the year, United Press International’s Ben Lando reports.
Oil revenue is estimated at 95 percent of Iraq's total annu…
Published
October 28, 2008,
4:39 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates
*Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals
*Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations
*U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments
*Basra worker protest
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a "grand bargain" to head of escalation of conflicts between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
The full…
