Dispute over labor law, attacks on workers, mark ongoing tension between Iraqi oil workers and the government.
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Section in $71 billion budget legislation threatens Iraqi Kurdistan's share of revenue if oil exports remain shut in.
Technical analysis and opinion by an Iraqi oil consultant, a founding executive of the Iraqi National Oil Company, and an author of the 2006 draft Iraqi oil law.
Thanks to two oil auctions, within eight years Iraq may eclipse Saudi Arabia to become the largest oil producer in the world. Many obstacles, however, remain.
Stalled law governing the vote delays electoral commissions efforts to prepare, making Jan. 18 date more and more unlikely, as political tensions heat up.
National oil company restart delayed by politics, election campaigns, and the logistical nightmare of creating a new oil regulatory regime.
Long way to go from draft bill to Iraq National Oil Company law gives room for concerns to be addressed by political and technical debate.
Council of Ministers end-around feuding factions – for now – and move to restart the national oil company with support of key political blocks.
Minister says contractors will be paid, exports to reach goal despite hitches, and he’s keeping an eye on takeovers of firms he’s signed.
