Tag Archive for 'Oil Minister'

Power protests roil Dhi Qar province again

Iraqis protesting chronic electricity shortages clash with security forces in Nassiriya, June 21, 2010. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Security forces arrested 37 for illegal demonstration but province officials blame central government for shorting energy supply.

Pipeline to feed Iraq with Iranian gas

Iraqi Southern Oil Company engineers look towards the natural gas flares in the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq on January 21, 2010. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi deputy minister confirms deal was reached during recent Baghdad meets to ship Iranian gas into Iraq and then to Syria, likely Europe next.

BP lawsuit future uncertain

BP lawsuit future uncertain

Ex-MP vows to continue challenge but raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, attorney fees and alleged threats have taken toll.

Shahristani clamps down on electricity unions

Iraqis protesting chronic electricity shortages clash with security forces in Nassiriya, June 21, 2010. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Energy minister delivers another blow to unions that global labor recognizes but Saddam-era laws still prohibit.

KRG plan responds to smuggling allegations

Kurdistan region announces formation of an oil security force and a ministerial committee to monitor oil and fuel trade, and affirms oil exports are only valid through northern pipeline.

KRG denies alleged oil smuggling to Iran

KRG denies alleged oil smuggling to Iran

Renewed war of words between Baghdad and Erbil, sparked by The New York Times report on crude smuggling, could escalate ongoing feud over oil sector control.

Iraq offers investors shot at new refineries

Iraq offers investors shot at new refineries

Iraqi oil leaders are offering four new projects to foreign investors with the ambition of more than doubling the country’s refinery production.

Shahristani given temporary power portfolio

Shahristani given temporary power portfolio

Amid a heat wave of protests and politics, the resigning electricity minister’s portfolio will go to the oil minister, though electricity officials deny the hand-over will take place.

Iran envoy office says no demands for Iraqi oil

Despite statements by a prominent Iranian oil official, Tehran has not hardened its policy on border oil fields and negotiations with Iraq are continuing.

Cabinet OK’s KRG payments

Cabinet OK’s KRG payments

Statement from government doesn’t disclose numbers, but says Finance Ministry to start audit of companies to determine payments.

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