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.
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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.
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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.
Exxon risks West Qurna on new Kurdistan deals
Exxon Mobil has signed six exploration deals with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, testing Baghdad's blacklist rule.
KRG exports to restart after hush agreement
Kurdish exports will resume Feb. 1, but officials on both sides of the KRG-Baghdad divide are keeping quiet about the details.
Pipeline restarts, Beiji suspects arrested
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.
Iraq power generation at 2003 levels
Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level prior to that of Saddam Hussein's fall," the ministry's [...]
2010 budget stuck on KRG oil exports
Section in $71 billion budget legislation threatens Iraqi Kurdistan's share of revenue if oil exports remain shut in.
Interview: government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh
Iraq Oil Report talks to Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh about the massive deficit spending, the budget implications on the KRG-Baghdad dispute – and how it may end.
