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		<title>Maliki takes first swing at KRG oil deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title>Update and Perspectives on the Status Of Forces Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus:
*SOFA negotiations rocky but developing
*Iraq Oil Report offers first look at text submitted to Parliament
*Kurdistan-Baghdad relations rocky
*KRG signs U.N. electricity help
*Iraq Oil Ministry wants helicopters
*Alive in Baghdad: Sahwa, What Next After Al-Qaeda?
*Iraq Press Roundup

The Status Of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, is nearing a late-November deadline when Iraq’s Parliament is to recess, and the end-December deadline when the current U.N. mandate is to expire. 

Iraq O...]]></description>
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		<title>Shell-Iraq gas company would be Basra natural gas monopoly</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/shell-iraq-gas-company-would-be-basra-natural-gas-monopoly-413/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=shell-iraq-gas-company-would-be-basra-natural-gas-monopoly</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra
*Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show

Plus:
*Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action
*Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama?
*Violence in Context
*Iraq Press Roundup
*USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future
*Much more

A secret document obtained by United Press International reveals a planned joint venture company between Royal Dutc...]]></description>
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		<title>Maliki, oil and gas committee to meet on Iraq oil law</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/maliki-oil-and-gas-committee-to-meet-on-iraq-oil-law-391/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=maliki-oil-and-gas-committee-to-meet-on-iraq-oil-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draft version received in Parliament Sunday, kicked back to council of ministers for legal clarification

Plus:
*Japan envoy meets on Iraq oil
*Chinese team expected in November
*Industry Ministry workers demand pay promise
*Reaction to U.S. attack on Syria-Iraq border
*KBR accused of sticking U.S. taxpayers, shocking American workers in Iraq
*Fallujah sewage project at $100M, waste still in the streets
*Barzani back from Iran, en route to Washington
*Iraq in the Time of Cholera
*Much...]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi oil exports slide since May but turnaround expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus:
*Turkey state oil firm holds Iraq oil deal talks in Japan
*Samarra power station gets fast-track
*Emir of Anbar's Dulaim tribe talks elections
*West Point report: Iran more successful in political infiltration than militias
*Babylon security now in Iraq's hands
*Inside the mind of the PKK
*Christians, minorities fear in Iraq
*That's Not Tea!

Iraqi oil exports have declined four months in a row, according to data released by the nation's Oil Ministry, which is optimistic it can r...]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil law getting pushed by longtime supporter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus:
*Japan, Turkey team up for Iraq oil and gas bid
*CNPC starts Ahdab work
*Oil price drop sparks budget changes
*Oil smugglers arrested
*new video--Alive in Baghdad: Two Families Survive Iraq's Militias
*Basra port privatization begins
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*And much more

A lawmaker from the parliament’s commission of power on Tuesday said he would collect signatures from MPs to accelerate presenting oil and gas law in the Council of Representatives, Voices of Iraq reports.
...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. report: old Iraq southern oil pipelines could break</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, much more

Pipelines vital to Iraq’s oil industry are in such poor condition they could rupture at any time, choking off the supply of oil from the region and devastat...]]></description>
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		<title>Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus:
*More details ahead of the roadshow
*Kurdish national MP says oil law moving
*KRG minister says natural gas to provide power for Kurds, industry and all of Iraq
*Barzani heads to Baghdad for talks soon
*Oil Search starts drilling
*Shahristani talks pipeline plans
*U.S. report warns of upcoming ethnic violence
*Turkey readies for incursion
*Sadrist MP killed
*The Iraq Press Roundup and more

A delegation led by Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani will present prequalified...]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil and violence: the next Nigeria?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq - a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dana and Crescent start gas production in northern Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus:
*Egypt sends Oil Minister for cooperation talks
*Missan province oil products depot is underway
*Turkey restarts northern Iraq bombings after PKK attack
*Iraq's brightest stars can't shine in their homeland
*Hakim starts campaigning
*Iraq Press Roundup

Iraq’s Kurdistan region is producing gas from projects signed with partners Dana Gas and Crescent. Gas is being piped to local power plants at 75 million cubic feet per day, a rate that will grow as domestic power capacity grows, ...]]></description>
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