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Iraq Oil Report » Oil Law 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 Oil law struggles for daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-struggles-for-daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:31:08 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7215

DNO workers at the Tawke oil field in May 2010. The field is exporting as much as 70,000 bpd, but is curtailed by a political dispute over the legality of DNO's deal with the KRG.(BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/feed/ 0 Oil law deal unlikely this year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:33:09 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6950

Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government

After politicians optimistically touted a new oil law negotiating framework, the two sides have yet to meet and positions remain entrenched.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-deal-unlikely-this-year-6950/feed/ 0 Q&A: Barham Salih 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

Barham Salih, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, in his office in Erbil. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

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 Oil law negotiators hit reset http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:50:11 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6664

Parliament Oil and Energy Committee Chairman Adnan Janabi (R) gives a press conference with Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani (L) in April 2011. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

Casting aside the two latest conflicting oil laws, Baghdad's Luaibi and the KRG's Hawrami will negotiate based on 2007 draft legislation.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-negotiators-hit-reset-6664/feed/ 0 Q&A: Ashti Hawrami http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-ashti-hawrami-6637/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-ashti-hawrami http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-ashti-hawrami-6637/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:00:14 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6637

The Minister of Natural Resources for the Kurdistan region of Iraq talks about the ExxonMobil deal, prospects for the oil law, and refining policies.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-ashti-hawrami-6637/feed/ 0 Beyond the Headlines: Nov. 7-13 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-nov-7-13-6618/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-headlines-nov-7-13 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-nov-7-13-6618/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:38:40 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6618

Baghdad begins KRG contract audits
Iraq hires Japanese power consultants
Missan readies claim on Wasit territory
Generator barge plugs into Basra port

]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-nov-7-13-6618/feed/ 0 Exxon risks West Qurna on new Kurdistan deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:32:30 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6596

Exxon Mobil executives and then-Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani (right) at the Jan. 25, 2010, signing ceremony for the West Qurna 1 field. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Exxon Mobil has signed six exploration deals with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, testing Baghdad's blacklist rule.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exxon-risks-west-qurna-on-new-kurdistan-deals-6596/feed/ 4 Oil law sees political progress http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-sees-political-progress-6419/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-sees-political-progress http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-sees-political-progress-6419/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:48:26 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6419

PM Maliki and Kurdish PM Salih return to the negotiating table with ambitions to bridge the KRG-Baghdad divide by passing oil legislation and resolving territorial disputes.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-sees-political-progress-6419/feed/ 1 Exclusive: Iraq's two oil laws http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exclusive-iraqs-two-oil-laws-6294/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-iraqs-two-oil-laws http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exclusive-iraqs-two-oil-laws-6294/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:35:13 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6294

Iraq Oil Report publishes the full English texts of the two competing oil laws drafted by the Cabinet and the Parliament.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/exclusive-iraqs-two-oil-laws-6294/feed/ 2 Analysis: Cabinet oil law asserts executive power http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/analysis-cabinet-oil-law-asserts-executive-power-6290/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=analysis-cabinet-oil-law-asserts-executive-power http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/analysis-cabinet-oil-law-asserts-executive-power-6290/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:54:47 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6290

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani (R), holds a joint news conference with Italy's Industry Minister Paolo Romani in Baghdad October 5, 2011. (MOHAMMED AMEEN/Reuters)

A review of the Cabinet's proposed oil law shows the Maliki administration is angling to keep control centralized in the Oil Ministry.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/analysis-cabinet-oil-law-asserts-executive-power-6290/feed/ 2