With the West Qurna 1 oil field ahead of schedule, the head of ExxonMobil’s Iraq operation discusses the status of the project and the challenges ahead.
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Iraqi official confirms plans for LNG export, but promises to meet domestic power demands before sending natural gas abroad.
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International and Iraqi state companies say tribes in Dhi Qar province are making demands and threats that amount to extortion.
First Rumaila hurdle cleared, many remain
BP and CNPC reach a deal with the Oil Ministry but MPs call the deal “illegal” as the Cabinet readies to weigh in.
Rumaila deal survives another court hearing
Nine-judge high court takes further arguments from attorneys and gives four weeks to receive rebuttals on potential oil industry-shaking lawsuit.
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- U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
- Iraq Oil Report Quick Roundup
- Regionalization battle in Basra, Iraq oil capital, takes next step
Baghdad hotel blasts puncture oil signing progress
Dozens are killed in bombings that shocked the capital, targeting popular hotels in the run-up to March 7 elections.
- Gen. Petraeus recruits world’s largest energy companies on behalf of Prime Minister Maliki …
- Attacks on oil and power sector continue, workers targeted … Kirkuk-Baiji line bombed … Women in Basra risk death by religious fundamentalists …
- Iraq’s oil flowing to Turkey still, but bad signs linger in the north and south of Iraq
- The Real Energy Security Factor
Iraq power generation at 2003 levels
Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level prior to that of Saddam Hussein's fall," the ministry's [...]
Production-sharing contracts: a dying breed?
EDITOR'S NOTE: The issue of production-sharing contracts (PSCs, also called production-sharing agreements, or PSAs) in Iraq is a contentious one. Encouraged initially by American advisers as the best means for investment in post-war Iraq by, the system, which allows oil companies to take a share of the profits of all oil extracted, can mean that [...]
