An investigation is ongoing into a bombing of a tank farm in Basra, but production and exports are steady after a brief slowdown.
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Iraq's Oil Police have seized the momentum in the country’s battle against outlaw smugglers, and Iraq Oil Report is along for the ride. With production set to skyrocket, their challenge has just begun.
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Iraq's Transportation Ministry holds a conference aimed to facilitate collaboration among government ministries and foreign oil companies in support of the upcoming, massive oil production increase.
Iraq to ease logistical, tariff burden for oil firms
As oil companies mobilize people and equipment for the coming oil boom, Iraq's minister of transportation talks about discounted tariffs for oil-sector imports and solving logistical problems at the ports.
Court: $250K to continue Rumaila lawsuit
Former member of parliament must pay more than a quarter million dollars or groundbreaking lawsuit challenging constitutionality of first major foreign oil contract will be dismissed.
Iraqi-born Ayatollah bans attacks on Iraq oil sector…
Plus: *Shell CEO confirms ready to help Iraq oil *Who controls Iraq’s oil? *Battles of Basra and oil *Violence deaths up in Iraq *Iraqis resent Green Zone Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has issued a religious edict banning attacks on Iraq's oil industry and other public infrastructure, Naharnet reports. Fadlallah also [...]
U.S. Supreme Court to determine future of Iraq’s oil funds
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 [...]
