Iraqi and U.S. security officials say it’s not a coincidence the four recent attacks on the northern oil pipeline occurred under the watch of the 4th Iraqi Army Division.
Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Plus: *Iraq oil law expected next week in Parliament *Northern Iraq oil exports stopped on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline blast *Six state oil firms added to bidding list *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra [...]
- Accounting for Iraq’s oil … DNO production up, with nowhere to go … Cholera a threat in the north still … Oil, healthcare workers and teachers have outstanding demands …
- Pentagon report: Iraq Oil Ministry spending a little more on capital budgets, ranks production and electricity too … New deals by 2008 for Iraq’s oil sector … Turkey’s invasion unfolds …
- Big Oil to sign Iraq deals soon … Battle for Basra, Iraq’s Oil … Insurgents strong in Mosul on smuggling …
- Iraqi Kurd government to announce two more oil deals soon … Reliance paid $15M+ as signing bonus
- Iraq oil production down, capacity up, U.S. Iraq inspector finds
Load 'em up: fields in Iraqi Kurdistan begin
While oil flows, questions over compensation and disputes between KRG and Baghdad remain.
Iraq’s oil law lags but the looming war is less of a threat to the crude
While the Turkish threat looms in northern Iraq, Simon Webb reports for Reuters oil will not be in harm’s way. Iraq’s controversial oil law has enough support in Parliament, but won’t be put forward until there is greater backing, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Reuters. But the Iraq war as a whole has helped [...]
