The northern export pipeline will not be back online until Thursday despite earlier expectations damage from the explosion repaired Tuesday.
KRG’s Hawrami pans Iraq oil law movement
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Iraq approves gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell
Iraq's Cabinet approved an initial gas agreement between the Oil Ministry and Royal Dutch Shell to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq, a government statement said. The agreement calls for establishing a joint venture between the state-run South Oil Co. and Shell to exploit the fields, the statement added [...]
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Iraq’s production and exports hit records as the northern pipeline experiences security
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Iraq power generation at 2003 levels
Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level prior to that of Saddam Hussein's fall," the ministry's [...]
