The northern export pipeline will not be back online until Thursday despite earlier expectations damage from the explosion repaired Tuesday.
Tag Archive for 'Oil Pipelines'
Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp
Published February 16, 2009, 9:13 pm in Security
Plus:
*After the Istanbul meetings with international oil companies
*Now Prime Minister Maliki takes charge
*Electricity Ministry reaches out to Iran, Syria, Turkey counterparts
*Obama calls Turkish leaders, talks include Iraq
*Japan makes pre-loan visit to Basra
*U.S. says Western investment incoming
*Pres. Talabani's party in limbo
*Much more
The Iraqi Navy is paying the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revamp part of Umm Qasr port in southern Iraq, the first Iraq to U.S.ACE Foreign …
Iraqi oil ministry to face tough crowd, critics in upcoming meetings
Published February 10, 2009, 4:57 pm in Oil Policy
Plus:
*Shahristani wants expanded ministry role, new national oil co., less red tape
*Petrochemical worker repression outrage by int'l union
*Iraqi in Gitmo prison now missing
*Sarkozy in Baghdad visit wants French firms back in country
*Maliki responds to Biden threats to sovereignty
*Video: Building boom in northern Iraq
*Shoe-throwing Zaidi gets Feb. 19 trial date
*New Carnegie report on peace in Kurdistan
*Much more
Iraq's Oil Ministry meets with disgruntled international oil exe…
Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency
Published November 26, 2008, 5:49 pm in Natural Gas
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*Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement
*PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy
*Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s Oil Ministry and Shell to create a joint venture for natural gas, Ahmed Rasheed reports for Re…
Maliki takes first swing at KRG oil deals
Published November 20, 2008, 5:17 pm in Politics
Plus:
*Shell and Turkey sign Iraq gas co-op pact
*Update on SOFA
*Oil capital Basra wants autonomy from Baghdad
*Iraq Press Roundup
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blasted the Kurdistan Regional Government for what he calls "constitutional violations." In a press conference he listed them – including developing foreign relations and utilizing Peshmerga forces against national Iraqi Security Forces.
But the most telling of all is that Maliki, long in the oil debate shadows and…
KRG’s Hawrami pans Iraq oil law movement
Published November 10, 2008, 5:04 pm in Oil
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*Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal
*Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again
*Obama’s Iraq
*Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights
*Much more
News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic.
"Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for talks with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami told the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). "They agreed…
Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Published November 6, 2008, 7:49 pm in Oil
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*Iraq oil law expected next week in Parliament
*Northern Iraq oil exports stopped on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline blast
*Six state oil firms added to bidding list
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra province's gas industry, though a key member of Parliament criticizes the project, Ben Lando and Alaa Majeed report for United Press International.
"It…
Iraq oil revenue audit to be handed over to all-Iraqi team
Published October 30, 2008, 6:03 pm in Oil
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*Oil law back in Parliament
*New wells and other work to boost oil production
*However, questions remain
*Status Of Forces Agreement update
*The Turkey-U.S.-Iraq-Iraqi Kurd dance
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
The U.N.-mandated auditor of Iraq's oil revenue says, despite accounting troubles, it is ready to hand off its work to an all-Iraqi team at the end of the year, United Press International’s Ben Lando reports.
Oil revenue is estimated at 95 percent of Iraq's total annu…
U.S. report: old Iraq southern oil pipelines could break
Published October 15, 2008, 6:17 pm in Oil
Plus:
*KRG denies DNO export permit rumor
*Kirkuk gas pipeline blast not affecting oil exports
*Details on the Iraq oil and gas bidding process
*Bush cuts Iraq oil grab ban from defense bill
*Alive in Baghdad: A fuel crisis?
*Top McCain official wanted Saddam off rogue list to secure oil deal
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much, much more
Pipelines vital to Iraq’s oil industry are in such poor condition they could rupture at any time, choking off the supply of oil from the region and devastat…
Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms
Published October 9, 2008, 4:47 pm in Oil
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*More details ahead of the roadshow
*Kurdish national MP says oil law moving
*KRG minister says natural gas to provide power for Kurds, industry and all of Iraq
*Barzani heads to Baghdad for talks soon
*Oil Search starts drilling
*Shahristani talks pipeline plans
*U.S. report warns of upcoming ethnic violence
*Turkey readies for incursion
*Sadrist MP killed
*The Iraq Press Roundup and more
A delegation led by Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani will present prequalified…
