Broad agreement to end oil disputes not expected until after new government, but KRG oil minister said upcoming meetings would make technical progress on oil development.
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Plus: *New budget approved after further cuts *New Report: More than Shiites and Sunnis *Iraq Teachers Union targeted by government *Video-Alive in Baghdad: US Withdrawing as Media Retreat from Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lent his support to a new two-pronged oil-development strategy in an attempt to appease those who have challenged the [...]
No moves on Iraq oil law in KRG-Baghdad talks
Plus: *Iraq Oil Report update delays *Get your copy of the Shell-Iraq gas Heads of Agreement *PetroVietnam renegotiating Saddam-era oil deal *Iraq Human Rights Commission awaits Presidency Council OK *Iraq Oil Report Exclusive: Text of Human Rights Commission law *What is the "Green Zone"? *The Iraq Press Roundup Apologies to readers: over the past week [...]
- Oil Ministry gets go-ahead from cabinet to sign two-year deals with Big Oil…
- Turkey, Kurds and the Iraq oil hype…
- Iraq oil begins flowing to Turkey again…
- Iraqi and international oil firms’ talks on first post-war deals are moving along …
- Turkey to study pipeline for Iraq gas to run same route as Iraq oil pipelines…
The Kirkuk timebomb's timeline
Highlights of the low points in the multi-generational fight over Kirkuk between Iraqi Arabs and Kurds, from genocide to legislative deadlock.
- Oil makes the politics go round … Iraq’s political situation further fracturing … Bush and Maliki, best friends forever …
- Iraqi Kurds vs. Baghdad heats up over oil deals … Kirkuk vote unclear … Unspinning the Surge … Remembering Basra
- Shahristani all for non-”opportunist” oil firms … Iraq production up in north and south … Forgotten Halabja survivors
- U.S. building military base to guard Iraq oil in Gulf
- U.S. OK’s Saddam oil law for today’s oil deals
Oil hub Kirkuk sees massive bombing during political lunch
EDITOR'S NOTE: Two people have pointed out corrections, or rather clarifications, that it is necessary to make to this post. I have left the original as a reminder of the risk of becoming detached. 1. The second paragraph of the first story should read: Yaseen Taha and Adam Ashton offer the most personal account and [...]
