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 Ministry: Exports drop but rising price means revenue increases…
- Iraq oil exports drop slightly as price of oil stays high…
- Kurdish region PM Barzani says “progress” on Iraq oil law…
- Iraq Gov’t Spokesman: Deal reached on oil law, Kurd contracts, Peshmerga funding, U.N.’s Kirkuk effort…
- The Iraq oil circus comes to Washington
State Dept. says Iraq oil trust fund bill could derail revenue sharing and oil laws
Plus: *Oil Minister Shahristani blames KRG oil deals for oil law delay *Top two on Parliament energy committee dispute oil issues *Former South Oil Co. head made official ministry adviser *Parliament sends electricity crisis to special committee *Kurdish MPs want Iraq-U.S. draft deal altered, fearing attack *Elections law debate postponed *Ethnic tensions expanded, explained *Much [...]
- Interview: Iraqi Kurdistan’s coordinator for U.N. missions … Iraqi oil capital Basra faces tough new year … Kurds make deal with Sunni Arabs … Pentagon to make example of journalist: treat like terrorist …
- Kurds threaten to break from coalition government in Baghdad … UNSC and IMF give another year in Iraq … The future of Basra …
- The State Department again warns oil companies from signing deals with Iraq
- Iraq’s oil flowing to Turkey still, but bad signs linger in the north and south of Iraq
- Two months before a breakdown in Iraqi politics over oil law, other issues
The Real Energy Security Factor
This week was filled with the Petraeus/Crocker/Congress/Bush/benchmark circus. It’s Friday and the Iraq Oil Report will now refrain (OK, I’ll have some good links at the end of today’s report). The three rings barely touched on oil anyway, with the administration touting the dissemination of oil revenue as a sign of success and Congress pointing [...]
