Iraq has increased its reserves and signed the world’s largest companies to boost oil and gas production. Iraqis wonder whether the hydrocarbon revolution will bring them prosperity or ruin.
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Iraq hopes to negotiate terms for a better future for much-attacked northern pipeline, though Turkey concerned it will lose revenue again if security fails.
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Spokesperson acknowledges Iraqi Army 4th Division to blame for letting four bombs hit the northern oil export pipeline since Oct. 26, says government working on solution.
South oil exports return from weather delay
Winds complicate oil exports from south, where basic speedbumps can quickly turn into roadblocks for the fragile but crucial infrastructure.
Local oil politics stall parliament
Unresolved disagreements over the control of Iraq’s oil and the distribution of revenue have stopped the new parliament, before it can even start.
- U.S. negotiators say Iraq must sign a bi-lateral security deal or lose billions in oil revenue…
- U.S. Senate committee tags defense bill with Iraq reconstruction funds blockade…
- U.S. Congress to Iraq: Pay our war expenses with your oil revenue
- Iraqi Kurd MP pans Iraq oil law…
- U.S. economic chief in Iraq: Oil law stalled by politics, not technical, but Iraq has $2.5B for short term plan and PSAs for long term…
Kurdish security chief acknowledges violations
The head of one KRG security agency discusses human rights critics and explores the role of the agency in the future of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Shahristani in Erbil: DNO, Taq Taq oil exports OK from north Iraq
*Export issues remain *No deal reached on other KRG oil deals *Khurmala dome to be joint developed *Iraq oil exports increase but income drops with oil price Two companies developing oil fields in Iraq's Kurdistan region received approval from Baghdad to tie in to the northern Iraq pipeline, a company official said. An official from [...]
