Unilateral development of oil and gas fields near or crossing international borders have been the cause of war in Iraq. Officials are signing deals with foreign firms anyway, while they continue talks with Iran and Kuwait.
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Fadhila Party, once rulers of Basra, repeat year-old request of Parliament inquiry into status of oil smuggling and allegations.
Luaibi to Iran for Hormuz threat talks
Iraq's Oil Minister, also president of OPEC, will be in Iran Thursday as pressure mounts over Iran's threat to shut Strait of Hormuz for oil flow.
- South Oil Co. leader calls for a new Iraqi National Oil Co.
- Iraq ends year unveiling oil and gas fields for second bidding round
- Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
- Iraq oil exports see increase but not enough to offset price slump
- Iraq Drilling Co. and Mesopotamia Petroleum announce joint venture
Iran envoy office says no demands for Iraqi oil
Despite statements by a prominent Iranian oil official, Tehran has not hardened its policy on border oil fields and negotiations with Iraq are continuing.
Border conflicts test Kurdish tightrope act
American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.
- Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp
- Iraq oil and violence: the next Nigeria?
- Iraqi-born Ayatollah bans attacks on Iraq oil sector…
- Basra break in violence allows oil workers to leave, head to work…
- Iraq’s Constitution needs fixing before the oil law can be moved, top MP says…
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 [...]
The Kuwaiti tab
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati
The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn't be too different from President Bush, he said. In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an [...]
