Plus: *Petrel also says Oil Ministry agrees to payment, ditches Kurdish partner *Confirmation and details of KRG-South Korea oil investment *Fields in second oil and gas bidding round discussed *Kanaqin residents say fight is over oil, future in Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Sadr City vs. the Walls *Food rations to be cut *Election rules ban [...]
Regionalization battle in Basra, Iraq oil capital, takes next step
Plus: *2011 given as Oil Police readiness *Cabinet approves GE and Siemens deal *U.S.'s Iraq reconstruction effort criticized in draft report *Zebari at U.N. for oil funds protection *Much more Basrawis will be asked to allow a vote on the future governance structure of their province beginning today. Proponents of the plan to create a [...]
Attacks on oil and power sector continue, workers targeted … Kirkuk-Baiji line bombed … Women in Basra risk death by religious fundamentalists …
There have been nearly 600 pipeline attacks in Iraq since March 2003, though recent security strategies have allowed additional flow in the northern pipeline. Attacks are also increasing in the power sector, especially among workers being targeted, according to an assessment from March 2003 to Nov. 17, 2007, made for United Press International by an [...]
