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		<title>Shahristani clamps down on electricity unions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy minister delivers another blow to unions that global labor recognizes but Saddam-era laws still prohibit.]]></description>
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		<title>KRG plan responds to smuggling allegations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul Karim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdullah Ibrahim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Additional News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barham Salih]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>KRG denies alleged oil smuggling to Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crude Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electricity Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Symposium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oil report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Refined Products]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Turning A Blind Eye]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq offers investors shot at new refineries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bpd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expansion Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Next Five Years]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oil Refinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petroleum Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refined Product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refined Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refineries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi oil leaders are offering four new projects to foreign investors with the ambition of more than doubling the country's refinery production.]]></description>
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		<title>Shahristani given temporary power portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Power Blackouts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister Nouri]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violent Protests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran envoy office says no demands for Iraqi oil</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/iran-envoy-office-says-no-demands-for-iraqi-oil-4492/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=iran-envoy-office-says-no-demands-for-iraqi-oil</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Border Disputes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government Stance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite statements by a prominent Iranian oil official, Tehran has not hardened its policy on border oil fields and negotiations with Iraq are continuing.]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet OK&#8217;s KRG payments</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/cabinet-oks-krg-payments-4486/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cabinet-oks-krg-payments</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dabbagh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spokesman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hussain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kurdistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister Of Natural Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oil Deals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement from government doesn't disclose numbers, but says Finance Ministry to start audit of companies to determine payments.]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Iraq steps up efforts to lure refinery investors</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/refineries-fuel/iraq-steps-up-efforts-to-lure-refinery-investors-4444/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=iraq-steps-up-efforts-to-lure-refinery-investors</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 02:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Refineries & Fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ameen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karbala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midstream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nameplate Capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassiriya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proven Oil Reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualified Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refineries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>UPDATE: date change</em> Conference for four big refinery projects could more than make up for fuel demand, leaving foreign investors export options.]]></description>
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		<title>CNOOC, TPAO finalize Missan fields contract</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/cnooc-and-tpao-finalize-missan-fields-contract-4469/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cnooc-and-tpao-finalize-missan-fields-contract</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production & Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abu Ghirab]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Effor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Missan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Efforts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Petroleum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Oil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signing Ceremony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Turkish Firms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twelfth contract signed with foreign firms since 2008 will push production capacity to more than 12.5 million bpd within seven years, boosting Missan province's oil standing. And more deals may be in the pipeline.]]></description>
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		<title>Sept. 1 auction for three gas fields</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/sept-1-auction-for-three-gas-fields-4441/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=sept-1-auction-for-three-gas-fields</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul Karim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bidding Rounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty-five foreign oil companies eligible to bid on three gas fields and jump-start Iraq's massive but under-performing natural gas industry. Minister says 2009 oil auctions a model for Iraq and the region.]]></description>
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