Tag Archive for 'Oil Law'

Oil workers protest in Basra

Oil workers protest in Basra

Dispute over labor law, attacks on workers, mark ongoing tension between Iraqi oil workers and the government.

2010 budget stuck on KRG oil exports

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.

Comment & Analysis: Iraq's oil and gas challenges and opportunities

Comment & Analysis: Iraq's oil and gas challenges and opportunities

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.

Iraq to rival Saudi oil output, if…

Iraq to rival Saudi oil output, if…

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.

January election in doubt

January election in doubt

Stalled law governing the vote delays electoral commissions efforts to prepare, making Jan. 18 date more and more unlikely, as political tensions heat up.

New INOC put on hold

National oil company restart delayed by politics, election campaigns, and the logistical nightmare of creating a new oil regulatory regime.

Early questions for potential powerhouse

Early questions for potential powerhouse

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.

A different Iraq oil law approved

A different Iraq oil law approved

Council of Ministers end-around feuding factions – for now – and move to restart the national oil company with support of key political blocks.

KRG oil chief optimistic on agreements

KRG oil chief optimistic on agreements

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.

Lingering in the pipeline

Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.