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Iraq Oil Report » Kurdistan Regional Government http://www.iraqoilreport.com The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 4th bid round delayed, Exxon still qualified http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:40 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7267

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi (r) talks to reporters at the 159th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna on June 8, 2011. Iraq's planned production increase and upcoming exploration blocks bidding round will challenge Saudi Arabia for primacy of the cartel. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

The fourth bidding round is now scheduled for May 30-31, as the model contract evolves and IOCs get time to respond.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/4th-bid-round-delayed-exxon-still-qualified-7267/feed/ 0 Gas fuels Kurdistan's power politics http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:40:56 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7259

Iraq's Kurdish region is meeting nearly all its power needs by investing in natural gas fields – and, in a strategic calculation, it's willing to share.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/gas-fuels-kurdistans-power-politics-7259/feed/ 0 Oil law struggles for daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-struggles-for-daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:31:08 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7215

DNO workers at the Tawke oil field in May 2010. The field is exporting as much as 70,000 bpd, but is curtailed by a political dispute over the legality of DNO's deal with the KRG.(BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/feed/ 0 Shamaran exits Pulkhana and Arbat blocks http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/shamaran-exits-pulkhana-and-arbat-blocks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shamaran-exits-pulkhana-and-arbat-blocks http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/shamaran-exits-pulkhana-and-arbat-blocks/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:10:06 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=7187 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/shamaran-exits-pulkhana-and-arbat-blocks/feed/ 0 Open season begins for Kurdistan deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:58:06 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7151

Larry Morrow, a construction supervisor for Norway's DNO Iraq, taking a call about work at the Tawke field as he overlooks the crude processing facility at DNO's Feyshkabour export center. On the far right is where Tawke field oil is piped in. To the left, pipelines running from a tanker offloading center where other KRG fields truck their crude to be exported. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Genel Energy takeover of Chia Surkh block a bellwether of deal-making and expansion in Kurdistan this year.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/feed/ 0 Turk banks scolded for opening in Erbil, not Baghdad http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/turk-banks-scolded-for-opening-in-erbil-not-baghdad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turk-banks-scolded-for-opening-in-erbil-not-baghdad http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/turk-banks-scolded-for-opening-in-erbil-not-baghdad/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:08:03 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=7137 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/turk-banks-scolded-for-opening-in-erbil-not-baghdad/feed/ 0 Exxon deal stokes territorial disputes http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:56:13 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7004

An Iraqi soldier (R) and a Kurdish peshm

ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exxon-deal-stokes-territorial-disputes-7004/feed/ 0 Iraq talks tough with Exxon http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/iraq-talks-tough-with-exxon-6945/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-talks-tough-with-exxon http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/iraq-talks-tough-with-exxon-6945/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:28:15 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6945

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, then Oil Minister at the Jan. 25, 2010, signing ceremony for West Qurna 1 with executives from ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

As negotiations with Exxon begin, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said the Iraqi government won't condone contracts signed with Kurdistan.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/iraq-talks-tough-with-exxon-6945/feed/ 0 Oil law deal unlikely this year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:33:09 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6950

Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government

After politicians optimistically touted a new oil law negotiating framework, the two sides have yet to meet and positions remain entrenched.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/feed/ 0 Constitution suffers in regionalism debate http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/constitution-suffers-in-regionalism-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=constitution-suffers-in-regionalism-debate http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/constitution-suffers-in-regionalism-debate/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:58:16 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=6938 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/constitution-suffers-in-regionalism-debate/feed/ 0