Roadside assault targets western contractor providing oil sector security, the latest in an uptick of violence.
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Statement from government doesn't disclose numbers, but says Finance Ministry to start audit of companies to determine payments.
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Twelfth contract signed with foreign firms since 2008 will push production capacity to more than 12.5 million bpd within seven years, boosting Missan province's oil standing. And more deals may be in the pipeline.
Blacklist enlarged and challenged
By working in the KRG, a Chinese company is barred from bidding for oil fields offered by Baghdad, while a Korean firm is apparently back at work despite oil purchases.
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- Iraq Oil Ministry: Exports drop but rising price means revenue increases…
- Kurdish region PM Barzani says “progress” on Iraq oil law…
- Iraq Gov’t Spokesman: Deal reached on oil law, Kurd contracts, Peshmerga funding, U.N.’s Kirkuk effort…
- Iraq oil exports and revenue up, but production is down…
Iraqiya against gas and oil deals
Iraq’s most popular electoral coalition has condemned the Maliki government's oil and gas contracts, signaling a new political strategy for a marginalized opposition movement.
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- New anti-Kurd oil deal block has majority in Parliament …
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
- Iraq northern oil allegedly travelling through Talabani-controlled KRG and into Iran
- Kurds threaten to break from coalition government in Baghdad … UNSC and IMF give another year in Iraq … The future of Basra …
Shahristani in Erbil: DNO, Taq Taq oil exports OK from north Iraq
*Export issues remain *No deal reached on other KRG oil deals *Khurmala dome to be joint developed *Iraq oil exports increase but income drops with oil price Two companies developing oil fields in Iraq's Kurdistan region received approval from Baghdad to tie in to the northern Iraq pipeline, a company official said. An official from [...]
