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Iraq Oil Report » Oil Production http://www.iraqoilreport.com The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:11:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Majnoon to hit production target, not landmines http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:55:20 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7325

Shell launches jetty as a marker of progress, though the super-giant oil field faces challenges, including the unexploded remnants of war.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/majnoon-to-hit-production-target-not-landmines-7325/feed/ 0 Western Zagros releases an operational update http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/western-zagros-releases-an-operational-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=western-zagros-releases-an-operational-update http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/western-zagros-releases-an-operational-update/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:15:22 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=7088 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/western-zagros-releases-an-operational-update/feed/ 0 WesternZagros sells first oil from KRG http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/westernzagros-sells-first-oil-from-krg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=westernzagros-sells-first-oil-from-krg http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/westernzagros-sells-first-oil-from-krg/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:02:36 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/westernzagros-sells-first-oil-from-krg-6441/ http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/westernzagros-sells-first-oil-from-krg/feed/ 0 Iraq economic growth to rise to 9 percent in 2012 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/iraq-economic-growth-to-rise-to-9-percent-in-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-economic-growth-to-rise-to-9-percent-in-2012 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/iraq-economic-growth-to-rise-to-9-percent-in-2012/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:56:45 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/iraq-economic-growth-to-rise-to-9-percent-in-2012-6440/ http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/iraq-economic-growth-to-rise-to-9-percent-in-2012/feed/ 0 Iraq upbeat on uphill road to record oil boom http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:42:13 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6381

A worker of Iraq's state-run South Oil Company walks past a crude processing facility at Nahr Bin Umar field, north of Basra, October 3, 2011. This crude processing facility will be able to handle a capacity of 50,000 bpd, Dhia Jaffar, the head of South Oil Company, said. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)

Iraqi officials tout increased oil output gains, confident slowed key projects will be completed on time.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-upbeat-on-uphill-road-to-record-oil-boom-6381/feed/ 1 Opinion: Now is the time for an Iraqi oil dividend http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/opinion-now-is-the-time-for-an-iraqi-oil-dividend-6376/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-now-is-the-time-for-an-iraqi-oil-dividend http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/opinion-now-is-the-time-for-an-iraqi-oil-dividend-6376/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:20:00 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6376

By giving oil revenue to citizens, Iraq can diversify its economy, reduce poverty, and start bridging national divisions, writes Middle East oil expert Johnny West.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/opinion-now-is-the-time-for-an-iraqi-oil-dividend-6376/feed/ 0 Hunt Oil knew KRG oil deal in disputed territory http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/hunt-oil-knew-krg-oil-deal-in-disputed-territory-6108/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunt-oil-knew-krg-oil-deal-in-disputed-territory http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/hunt-oil-knew-krg-oil-deal-in-disputed-territory-6108/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:22:11 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6108

Hunt Oil officials David McDonald and Mark Aertker (center left and right) survey the area around Ain Sifne in 2007 after the company signed a production sharing contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government. A new U.S. State Department cable released by Wikileaks says the area falls outside the KRG boundaries. (CHERYL DIAZ MEYER/Dallas Morning News)

According to a State Dept. cable from Iraq, and despite the U.S. Embassy's warnings, the oil company of a George W. Bush intelligence adviser signed a Kurdish oil deal knowing the field was in disputed territory.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/hunt-oil-knew-krg-oil-deal-in-disputed-territory-6108/feed/ 0 Contract for next auction in September http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contract-for-next-auction-in-september http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:54:10 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6080

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi (r) talks to reporters at the 159th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna on June 8, 2011. Iraq's planned production increase and upcoming exploration blocks bidding round will challenge Saudi Arabia for primacy of the cartel. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq outlines the plan for the two-day roadshow next month where pre-qualified oil companies will get details on the 12 exploration blocks in the January auction.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/contract-for-next-auction-in-september-6080/feed/ 0 Beyond the Headlines: July 25-31 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-july-25-31-6019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-headlines-july-25-31 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-july-25-31-6019/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:54:17 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6019

Ibrahim Oil Police smuggling raid RESIZED2

Basra fails to spend budget
Missan vies for foreign investment
Oil Police bust smuggling network
Kirkuk assassinations continue

]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/beyond-the-headlines-july-25-31-6019/feed/ 1 Output stable after suspected inside job attack http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/output-stable-after-suspected-inside-job-attack-5816/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=output-stable-after-suspected-inside-job-attack http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/output-stable-after-suspected-inside-job-attack-5816/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:02:35 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=5816

An investigation is ongoing into a bombing of a tank farm in Basra, but production and exports are steady after a brief slowdown.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/output-stable-after-suspected-inside-job-attack-5816/feed/ 0