Exxon Mobil has signed six exploration deals with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, testing Baghdad's blacklist rule.
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Iraq outlines the plan for the two-day roadshow next month where pre-qualified oil companies will get details on the 12 exploration blocks in the January auction.
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The Oil Ministry has scheduled its fourth bidding round for Jan. 25 or 26, despite parliamentary opposition, and will release the list of pre-qualified companies next week.
Ministry presses forward on deals
Abdul Karim Luaibi has been on the job less than a month, but his Oil Ministry appears to be building momentum toward holding a fourth bidding round and jump-starting stalled deals.
Maliki's office stalling oil company visas
Oil companies say they've been waiting more than a month for visas, threatening critical projects, and the visa purgatory appears to be the prime minister's office.
Southern oil attacked
Details unclear as rare attack on Iraq's southern oil infrastructure coincides with visit by Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs.
- Basra break in violence allows oil workers to leave, head to work…
- Pipeline blast in southern Iraq fixed, oil flow rerouted …
- Basra fight takes toll on Iraq oil production and exports…
- Fighting in Iraq’s oil capital Basra isn’t the first bloodshed between varying political and armed groups but may be the decisive battle for control over the oil sector, local government and the fate of the province.
- Gen. Petraeus recruits world’s largest energy companies on behalf of Prime Minister Maliki …
Gas fields bidding round delayed to Oct. 20
Two new companies buy data packages for auction of three natural gas fields, which has been delayed again due to IOC concerns over contracts and politics.
$100 to be a Baghdad airport VIP, oil companies welcome
A new luxury service enables well-heeled travelers to avoid long lines and discomforts, despite concerns over secretive and expensive business practices.
Allawi: oil deals should be honored but reviewed, altered
Ex-PM Allawi, leader of the top vote-getting Iraqiya list in the disputed March national elections, rails on an absence of clear policy on oil issues in sit-down with Iraq Oil Report.
