Kuwait Airways is threatening to seize Iraqi assets when UN immunities are lifted in July, to recover $1.2B from Saddam-era theft.
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Maliki's supporters in Basra hint at federalist moves while calling fraud on rival's political triumph.
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OPEC quota and market economics reasons Iraq may tell foreign oil firms to reduce production below contracted plateau.
Iraq prioritizes southern export expansion
Iraq has signed a series of contracts that will create an additional 4.5 million bpd of export capacity by 2013 to handle a production boom and provide cover for needed repairs.
Shahristani vs.
Iraq’s oil minister faces critics on a number of fronts, some rooted in technical expertise, others in politics that plague the country.
- Showdown: Baghdad vs. Irbil … Iraqi Kurds’ Oil Prerogatives … and more ….
- Oil makes the politics go round … Iraq’s political situation further fracturing … Bush and Maliki, best friends forever …
- Iraqi Kurds vs. Baghdad heats up over oil deals … Kirkuk vote unclear … Unspinning the Surge … Remembering Basra
- Shahristani all for non-”opportunist” oil firms … Iraq production up in north and south … Forgotten Halabja survivors
- Shahristani on KRG deals … billions to boost production … Iraq gas for Nabucco … Electricity hunt
Fighting in Iraq’s oil capital Basra isn’t the first bloodshed between varying political and armed groups but may be the decisive battle for control over the oil sector, local government and the fate of the province.
The violence that has killed dozens and injured hundreds since Tuesday is billed as Iraq's military against "criminals, terrorist forces and outlaws," in the words of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who this week launched an Iraqi Security Forces offensive into Basra, Ben Lando reports for United Press International. But political parties and their militias [...]
