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, [...]
Iraq oil not part of OPEC cuts
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 [...]
- Kurds threaten to break from coalition government in Baghdad … UNSC and IMF give another year in Iraq … The future of Basra …
- Barzani heads to Baghdad … Attacks on Iraq’s oil sector continue over weekend, Monday …
- 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
- Back to Baghdad: KRG to answer oil deal questions in front of Parliament
Iraq oil up end-’07, sketchy ‘08 … Update on South Korea backlash
Iraq's oil sector ends 2007 on a relatively upbeat note, with production at levels not seen since before the war. But the year had more downs than ups, and sustaining success through next year is far from guaranteed. Iraq averaged production of 2.4 million barrels per day in November, according to the global energy information [...]
