Published
January 9, 2009,
7:15 pm in
Business
Plus:
*2008 ends “sour” for Iraq oil, potential and roadblocks in 2009
*Natural gas loss at $15B annually
*Maliki makes first premier visit to KRG
*Elections and oil mark big 2009 in Iraq
*Minorities in Iraq: the other victims
*Alive in Baghdad: Iraq’s Free Press
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much, much more…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide how the “new” Iraq’s oil revenue could be held liable in the U.S. for the actions committed by Saddam Hussein.
The high…
Published
December 23, 2008,
12:41 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*U.N. grants Iraq oil revenue immunity extension
*Iraq brings firm in for partial Um Qasr port privatization
*Parliament speaker on the way out
*Iraqis protest another U.S. raid
Iraq has signed contracts worth an estimated $80 million to repair fragile oil export infrastructure in the south and ready it for expansion.
The Oil Ministry wants to raise oil production from 2.37 million barrels per day to 6 million bpd in 10 years. It’s currently exporting 1.76 million bpd, and oil re…
Published
December 3, 2008,
9:58 pm in
Business
Plus:
*Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget
*Could help Iraq in long run
*Increase oil production needs investment
*KRG responds to Maliki
*India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate
*The Trains of Iraq
*Iraq Press Roundup
*U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq
A conference to connect Iraq oil officials and the international oil industry instead created a space for intra-Iraqi dialogue on key disputes and sticking points holding back Iraq’s oil sector.
W…
Plus:
*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…
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…
Published
November 10, 2008,
5:04 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*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…
Published
November 4, 2008,
5:24 pm in
Oil
*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra
*Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show
Plus:
*Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action
*Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama?
*Violence in Context
*Iraq Press Roundup
*USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future
*Much more
A secret document obtained by United Press International reveals a planned joint venture company between Royal Dutc…
Published
October 30, 2008,
6:03 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*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…
Published
October 28, 2008,
4:39 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates
*Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals
*Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations
*U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments
*Basra worker protest
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a “grand bargain” to head of escalation of conflicts between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
The full…
Published
October 27, 2008,
4:48 pm in
Politics
Draft version received in Parliament Sunday, kicked back to council of ministers for legal clarification
Plus:
*Japan envoy meets on Iraq oil
*Chinese team expected in November
*Industry Ministry workers demand pay promise
*Reaction to U.S. attack on Syria-Iraq border
*KBR accused of sticking U.S. taxpayers, shocking American workers in Iraq
*Fallujah sewage project at $100M, waste still in the streets
*Barzani back from Iran, en route to Washington
*Iraq in the Time of Cholera
*Much…
