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Iraq Oil Report » Oil Exports http://www.iraqoilreport.com The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:55:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Beyond the Headlines: Dec. 12-18 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-dec-12-18-6972/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-headlines-dec-12-18 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-dec-12-18-6972/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:37:02 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6972

Amri: OPEC quota talks to begin
Federalism sparks national controversy
Missan aims for 190k bpd in 2012
Erbil kidnap rescued

]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-dec-12-18-6972/feed/ 0 Oil optimism buoys draft budget http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/oil-optimism-buoys-draft-budget-6871/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-optimism-buoys-draft-budget http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/oil-optimism-buoys-draft-budget-6871/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:34:08 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6871

Anticipating export increases due to new infrastructure and rising Kurdish production, Iraq's Cabinet has approved a record-setting draft budget of nearly $100 billion.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/oil-optimism-buoys-draft-budget-6871/feed/ 0 Q&A: Barham Salih http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-barham-salih http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:30:00 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6720

Barham Salih, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, in his office in Erbil. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Shortly after signing watershed deals with ExxonMobil, the KRG's prime minister discusses the resource curse, the U.S. withdrawal, and the future of Kurdistan's oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/national-politics/qa-barham-salih-6720/feed/ 1 Exxon risks West Qurna on new Kurdistan deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:32:30 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6596

Exxon Mobil executives and then-Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani (right) at the Jan. 25, 2010, signing ceremony for the West Qurna 1 field. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Exxon Mobil has signed six exploration deals with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, testing Baghdad's blacklist rule.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/feed/ 4 Pipeline dispute belies bigger problems http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/pipeline-dispute-belies-bigger-problems-6186/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pipeline-dispute-belies-bigger-problems http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/pipeline-dispute-belies-bigger-problems-6186/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:22:40 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6186

In Kirkuk, the start of the northern Iraq export pipeline to Turkey. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

The Kurdistan region says the North Oil Company can't keep the export line running, but Baghdad says all is well, and a dispute some thought was over is starting again.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/pipeline-dispute-belies-bigger-problems-6186/feed/ 0 Contract for next auction in September http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contract-for-next-auction-in-september http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:54:10 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6080

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi (r) talks to reporters at the 159th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna on June 8, 2011. Iraq's planned production increase and upcoming exploration blocks bidding round will challenge Saudi Arabia for primacy of the cartel. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/feed/ 0 Kurdish oil boom begins http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/kurdish-oil-boom-begins-5828/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kurdish-oil-boom-begins http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/kurdish-oil-boom-begins-5828/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:59:39 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=5828

Larry Morrow, a construction supervisor for Norway's DNO Iraq, taking a call about work at the Tawke field as he overlooks the crude processing facility at DNO's Feyshkabour export center. On the far right is where Tawke field oil is piped in. To the left, pipelines running from a tanker offloading center where other KRG fields truck their crude to be exported. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Despite major unresolved political disputes, exports hit record levels from Iraqi Kurdistan, which is looking to expand production further as companies begin collecting the payout from Baghdad. ]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/kurdish-oil-boom-begins-5828/feed/ 0 Iraq bullish on Fao storage, south export expansion http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-bullish-on-fao-storage-south-export-expansion-5513/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-bullish-on-fao-storage-south-export-expansion http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-bullish-on-fao-storage-south-export-expansion-5513/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:16:12 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=5513

Workers preparing part of the tanker farm at the Fao peninsula. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

Before Iraq can reach its ambitious oil production and export goals, it must massively expand transmission and storage capacity. As construction begins, IOR takes a tour of the oil sector's new infrastructure.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-bullish-on-fao-storage-south-export-expansion-5513/feed/ 2 Analysis: Iraq energy security turns more on politics than al-Qaida http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/analysis-iraq-energy-security-turns-more-on-politics-than-al-qaida-5496/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=analysis-iraq-energy-security-turns-more-on-politics-than-al-qaida http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/analysis-iraq-energy-security-turns-more-on-politics-than-al-qaida-5496/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:34:08 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=5496

A strong rebound from a spate of successful and attempted attacks on the oil sector shows Iraqi security forces may be more capable than elected leaders.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/analysis-iraq-energy-security-turns-more-on-politics-than-al-qaida-5496/feed/ 0 Pipeline restarts, Beiji suspects arrested http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-restarts-beiji-suspects-arrested-5490/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pipeline-restarts-beiji-suspects-arrested http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-restarts-beiji-suspects-arrested-5490/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:09:04 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=5490

The Beiji refinery re-starts operation following a debilitating attack on Feb. 26. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Iraqi officials have made more than two dozen arrests in the Beiji refinery bombing, fast-tracked repairs to the facility, and restarted the export pipeline attacked last week.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-restarts-beiji-suspects-arrested-5490/feed/ 0