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 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:55:20 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7325 Shell launches jetty as a marker of progress, though the super-giant oil field faces challenges, including the unexploded remnants of war.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-foreign-oil-company-attacked http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:05:56 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7107 Zero casualty and only equipment damage, but Ninewa attack on exploration company raises profile of security threats to the oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/basra-oil-fields-circa-1950s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basra-oil-fields-circa-1950s http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/basra-oil-fields-circa-1950s/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:03:12 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=6964 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/basra-oil-fields-circa-1950s/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/security-problems-stymie-basra-conference-6784/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-problems-stymie-basra-conference http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/security-problems-stymie-basra-conference-6784/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:05:57 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6784 In the wake of a deadly bombing, the biggest players in Basra's oil sector backed out of a conference meant to highlight Iraq's investment opportunities.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/security-problems-stymie-basra-conference-6784/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shell-gets-its-gas-deal http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:35:47 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6739 After years of negotiations, Shell inks a 25-year gas company joint venture with Iraq, making it the largest investor in the country's oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/shell-gets-its-gas-deal-6739/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:58:28 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6714 Days before Shell and Iraq are to formalize a new gas company, Basra's local government has voted to file a lawsuit challenging the deal.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/basra-leaders-threaten-lawsuit-6714/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:52:16 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6646 A final signing could come as early as next week, after Iraq's Cabinet approved Shell's deal to capture billions of dollars' worth of associated gas that is currently flared in Basra.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/cabinet-approves-shell-gas-deal-6646/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/qa-anbar-governor-qasim-abid-6416/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-anbar-governor-qasim-abid http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/qa-anbar-governor-qasim-abid-6416/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:23:02 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6416 The governor of Iraq's largest province talks about security amidst U.S. troop withdrawal and Syrian violence while multiplying energy sector investment.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/qa-anbar-governor-qasim-abid-6416/feed/ 0 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:42:13 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6381 Iraqi officials tout increased oil output gains, confident slowed key projects will be completed on time.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/feed/ 1