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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Bombing of northern export line threatens crude exports to Turkey, another bomb was found at Beiji refinery, and a top investigator says the Feb. 26 Beiji attack was an inside job.
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Iraq’s political leaders have passed a budget that prioritizes social spending and cuts operational and other expenses, after an escalation in pressure from protesters.
UPDATE: Kurdish oil demands to Maliki revealed
According to previously undisclosed communiqué, Kurdish leaders want specific oil and revenue laws passed in 2011 and say KRG should decide constitutionality of its oil deals.
- Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
- Iraq oil exports see increase but not enough to offset price slump
- Iraq oil exports from two northern fields not guaranteed
- KRG’s Hawrami pans Iraq oil law movement
- Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Expanding oilfields versus ancient farmlands
In a zero-sum game of real estate, Basra farmers are losing their ancestral lands and livelihoods to Iraq’s oil boom.
The biggest job
Iraq's young navy and marines and their American and British counterparts are in a race against time to ensure the safety of the country's most important piece of infrastructure, the al-Basra Oil Terminal.
Iraqis find dialogue on oil issues in London
Plus: *Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget *Could help Iraq in long run *Increase oil production needs investment *KRG responds to Maliki *India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate *The Trains of Iraq *Iraq Press Roundup *U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq A conference to connect Iraq [...]
