The Oil Ministry revised its proven oil reserves upward by nearly 25 percent, a number that will increase as it lures investors, despite political challenges.
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Iraq Oil Report sheds light on the federal court challenge to BP's contract for Rumaila with the documents filed by the Oil Ministry and MP Musawi in recent hearings.
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Workers say the popular Manna al-Obeidi should be replaced by someone born in Kirkuk, though the ministry claims his deputy is the right man for the job. Both are beyond the mandatory retirement age.
Garraf deal official
Petronas and Japex finalize development deal for Garraf, as ministry readies for another week of oil contract signings and negotiations.
Lingering in the pipeline
Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
UPDATE: 1 killed, 1 injured in Daura fire
One worker remains in serious condition following fire at Baghdad refinery Wednesday.
Water fight
Iraq warns Turkey on Euphrates water supplies.
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 …
There is one Iraq, but there are also two: the northern, potentially oil-rich region controlled by Iraq's Kurds, and the rest of Iraq. That, says the Kurdish liaison to U.N. efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan, is how the international community should view it. "We say Iraq could not be treated as one simple state," said Dindar [...]
