Training needed quickly for oil output increase

Participants in a training conference in Basra last month. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

As Iraq ramps up production, foreign firms are required to staff up with Iraqis, and qualified workers are in high demand but short supply.

  • New oil boards to form across Iraq

    Oil Minister announces new network of boards to deal with oil and gas fields now set to be developed across the country, along with new state oil company.

  • Ten deals makes a happy minister

    Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani talks to Iraq Oil Report about what the recently signed oil deals means for Iraq, and what is left to do before KRG oil deals get the green light.

Oil Minister job a target of top MP

Kurdish parliamentarian and chair of the oil and gas committee said this week will see effort at Shahristani vote of no confidence, no oil law vote.

Kirkuk Oil Battle Heats Up … Oil Funds for Refugees … Lukoil on Talking Terms With Baghdad Again

Iraq's Oil Ministry is accusing the Kurdistan region of preventing development of one of Iraq's oldest, largest and most controversial oil fields, another dispute in the battle over control of the country's vast reserves.While the rift has been public, the issue of the Kirkuk oil field project is starting to surface in conflicting accounts. …"We [...]

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