Plus:
*Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement
*PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy
*Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s Oil Ministry and Shell to create a joint venture for natural gas, Ahmed Rasheed reports for Re…
Published
November 20, 2008,
5:17 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Shell and Turkey sign Iraq gas co-op pact
*Update on SOFA
*Oil capital Basra wants autonomy from Baghdad
*Iraq Press Roundup
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blasted the Kurdistan Regional Government for what he calls “constitutional violations.” In a press conference he listed them – including developing foreign relations and utilizing Peshmerga forces against national Iraqi Security Forces.
But the most telling of all is that Maliki, long in the oil debate shadows and…
Published
November 10, 2008,
5:04 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal
*Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again
*Obama’s Iraq
*Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights
*Much more
News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic.
“Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for talks with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki,” KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami told the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). “They agreed…
Published
November 7, 2008,
3:16 pm in
Politics
The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq’s Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn’t be too different from President Bush, he said.
In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an energy conference here, Bayati said if talks for a U.S. troop deal fail by the end-of-year expiration of the current U.N. mandate, the U.N. Security Council is ready to …
Published
November 6, 2008,
7:49 pm in
Oil
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 province’s gas industry, though a key member of Parliament criticizes the project, Ben Lando and Alaa Majeed report for United Press International.
“It…
Published
October 28, 2008,
4:39 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates
*Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals
*Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations
*U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments
*Basra worker protest
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a “grand bargain” to head of escalation of conflicts between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
The full…
Published
October 24, 2008,
4:46 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Turkey state oil firm holds Iraq oil deal talks in Japan
*Samarra power station gets fast-track
*Emir of Anbar’s Dulaim tribe talks elections
*West Point report: Iran more successful in political infiltration than militias
*Babylon security now in Iraq’s hands
*Inside the mind of the PKK
*Christians, minorities fear in Iraq
*That’s Not Tea!
Iraqi oil exports have declined four months in a row, according to data released by the nation’s Oil Ministry, which is optimistic it can r…
Iraq not bound by quota; struggling to reverse decline
Plus:
*Walid Khadduri on the return of Big Oil to Iraq
*Iraq presidency council gives oil smuggling law OK
*SOFA Update: English text and analysis
*Labor Minister target of suicide bomb
*Iraqis suffer for lack of basic services
*The Mahdi Army bides its time
*Much more
As OPEC decides to catch falling oil prices by cutting supply, Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani says anything below $80 per barrel will be a hit on next ye…
Published
October 21, 2008,
5:14 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Japan, Turkey team up for Iraq oil and gas bid
*CNPC starts Ahdab work
*Oil price drop sparks budget changes
*Oil smugglers arrested
*new video–Alive in Baghdad: Two Families Survive Iraq’s Militias
*Basra port privatization begins
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*And much more
A lawmaker from the parliament’s commission of power on Tuesday said he would collect signatures from MPs to accelerate presenting oil and gas law in the Council of Representatives, Voices of Iraq reports.
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Published
October 15, 2008,
6:17 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*KRG denies DNO export permit rumor
*Kirkuk gas pipeline blast not affecting oil exports
*Details on the Iraq oil and gas bidding process
*Bush cuts Iraq oil grab ban from defense bill
*Alive in Baghdad: A fuel crisis?
*Top McCain official wanted Saddam off rogue list to secure oil deal
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much, much more
Pipelines vital to Iraq’s oil industry are in such poor condition they could rupture at any time, choking off the supply of oil from the region and devastat…
