Genel Energy takeover of Chia Surkh block a bellwether of deal-making and expansion in Kurdistan this year.
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Top central government officials said Exxon's deal with the KRG for six blocks violates the West Qurna 1 contract and jeopardizes the company's future in Iraq.
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The state-owned oil company of Turkey finalized two gas deals, increasing its strategic energy investments with its restive southern neighbor.
Blacklist enlarged and challenged
By working in the KRG, a Chinese company is barred from bidding for oil fields offered by Baghdad, while a Korean firm is apparently back at work despite oil purchases.
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- Iraq oil law getting pushed by longtime supporter
- U.S. report: old Iraq southern oil pipelines could break
- Iraq begins oil and gas field bidding process for international oil firms
- Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms
KRG denies alleged oil smuggling to Iran
Renewed war of words between Baghdad and Erbil, sparked by The New York Times report on crude smuggling, could escalate ongoing feud over oil sector control.
Iraqi oil contracts hold key to peace?
Dr. Mahmoud Othman, a lawmaker with the Kurdistan block in the federal Parliament in Baghdad, has denied statements attributed to him by the press saying that the Kurdistan Regional Government's oil contracts are illegal, the KRG said in a press statement. Dr. Othman has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government issue a statement on his behalf [...]
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- Gen. Petraeus recruits world’s largest energy companies on behalf of Prime Minister Maliki …
- Basra amidst violence may see major push by previously ineffective Iraqi troops…
- Iraq’s Constitution needs fixing before the oil law can be moved, top MP says…
- Iraq oil up end-’07, sketchy ‘08 … Update on South Korea backlash
Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency
Plus: *Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement *PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy *Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement *The Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining [...]
Iraq to join oil revenue transparency pact
Plus: *Oil Minister Shahristani joins PM Maliki’s coalition list *The Green Zone Sit-in *VIDEO: Two-part series on the Surge & Sadr *Operation Hotel California: entering Iraq in 2002 *Iraqi women face increasing threats *All Iraqis in danger with bad water It's an exhausting and complicated process, but Iraq is taking steps to open up its [...]
Zalmay Khalilzad's take on Iraq – Part 1
The former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq runs a consulting firm focused on Iraq investments and has just been named to Norwegian oil firm DNO, whose Kurdish projects have stoked controversy. He talks to Iraq Oil Report.
