Tag Archive for 'Oil Sector'

No deal yet on China bid for Missan oil fields

No deal yet on China bid for Missan oil fields

Mixed signals from Oil Ministry on new offer from Chinese consortium for fields offered in first bidding round, which include famed Fakka field that saw Iranian occupation.

Refining the future

Refining the future

Remaining sabotage, smuggling no match – so far – for Iraq's plans to upgrade key oil infrastructure.

Iraq's next oil minister

Iraq's next oil minister

Any of these candidates for the oil portfolio in the next government have a massive task in reconstruction and expansion that will make or break the country.

Election unlikely to bring Kurd-Baghdad breakthrough

Election unlikely to bring Kurd-Baghdad breakthrough

The issues that have divided Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Iraq will be awaiting the new government after March 7 national elections.

Rumaila deal survives another court hearing

Rumaila deal survives another court hearing

Nine-judge high court takes further arguments from attorneys and gives four weeks to receive rebuttals on potential oil industry-shaking lawsuit.

Ministries, oil companies clear fields of mines

Ministries, oil companies clear fields of mines

Most of Iraq's border oil fields contain landmines left from previous wars, but must be removed to boost production.

The crime-fighting outlaw at Beiji

The crime-fighting outlaw at Beiji

The man credited with turning the refinery at Beiji from a nest of corruption to a model of productivity has a warrant out for his arrest but holds the trust of American and Iraqi officials.

Oil workers protest in Basra

Oil workers protest in Basra

Dispute over labor law, attacks on workers, mark ongoing tension between Iraqi oil workers and the government.

Iraq deals could be boost to oil firms' books

Exxon Mobil is the biggest of the foreign oil firms with new deals in Iraq that are confident they can book the fields' reserves, make shareholders happy.

Exxon exec optimistic in Iraq entry

Exxon exec optimistic in Iraq entry

Rob Franklin, president of Exxon Mobil Upstream Ventures, speaks to Iraq Oil Report about tough negotiations with Iraq to finalize a contract for one of Iraq's biggest fields.