Plus: *Progress on another joint venture, this time for oil drilling *What the passage of an election law means *Iraq Press Roundup An Iraqi oil ministry spokesman says Iraq and China will finalize a US$3 billion oil agreement next week. Assem Jihad says a Chinese delegation will visit Baghdad to sign the deal, The Associated [...]
- Major Iraq Developments: New oil law being drafted; INOC law progress; New smuggling law moves forward…
- Iraq oil exports and revenue up, but production is down…
- Iraq announces tenders for Iraq-Iran pipelines, Akkas gas field and testing of Kirkuk and Rumaila
- A look into Shell and other oil firms’ angling into Iraqi oil and gas deals…
- Int’l audit of Iraq’s oil revenues show more to be done to prevent smuggling…
U.S. negotiators say Iraq must sign a bi-lateral security deal or lose billions in oil revenue…
Plus: *Iraq oil union chief calls ministry a human rights abuser for anti-union actions *Barzani says up to Kirkuk decision without referendum *Oil Smuggling bill passes Parliament * BGR Energy Systems signs third SCOP deal *Senate Committee says Bush admin. misled on Iraq threat *Much, much more… The US is holding hostage some $50bn of [...]
- Iraq oil, below the volatile south and north strife
- U.S. OK’s Saddam oil law for today’s oil deals
- 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
Basra amidst violence may see major push by previously ineffective Iraqi troops…
Plus: *Doubts linger in Big Oil's mind over signing time for new deals *Top energy adviser to Maliki assures the terms are good enough *Iraq cuts Basra crude price to European buyers *KBR finishes Persian Gulf platform work *Much more... Basra is the key to Iraq -- a major city and source of oil, plus [...]
