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Iraq Oil Report » Oil Sector http://www.iraqoilreport.com The Source to Iraq, Its People and Its Oil Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:55:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Exports stumble on infrastructure hurdles http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exports-stumble-on-infrastructure-hurdles-7313/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exports-stumble-on-infrastructure-hurdles http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exports-stumble-on-infrastructure-hurdles-7313/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:57:36 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7313

Bad weather and inadequate infrastructure caused exports to fall in January, as Iraq scrambles to support a projected production boost.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/exports-stumble-on-infrastructure-hurdles-7313/feed/ 0 Crude awakening: Iraq and oil policy http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/crude-awakening-iraq-and-oil-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crude-awakening-iraq-and-oil-policy http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/crude-awakening-iraq-and-oil-policy/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:49:52 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=7287 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/crude-awakening-iraq-and-oil-policy/feed/ 0 Exxon still quiet on Kurdish deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/exxon-still-quiet-on-kurdish-deals-7278/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exxon-still-quiet-on-kurdish-deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/exxon-still-quiet-on-kurdish-deals-7278/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:59:37 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7278

Vierbuchen, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures, shakes hands with al-Ameedi, deputy director-general at PCLD, after signing a deal in Baghdad

Exxon declined to report its KRG deals in a quarterly filing, but disclosure rules could require the company to break its silence in February.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/exxon-still-quiet-on-kurdish-deals-7278/feed/ 0 Interview with US Amb. James Jeffrey http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/interview-with-us-amb-james-jeffrey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-us-amb-james-jeffrey http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/interview-with-us-amb-james-jeffrey/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:10:32 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?post_type=daily-brief&p=7252 http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/interview-with-us-amb-james-jeffrey/feed/ 0 Oil law struggles for daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-law-struggles-for-daylight http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:31:08 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7215

DNO workers at the Tawke oil field in May 2010. The field is exporting as much as 70,000 bpd, but is curtailed by a political dispute over the legality of DNO's deal with the KRG.(BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/oil-law-struggles-for-daylight-7215/feed/ 0 Open season begins for Kurdistan deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:58:06 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7151

Larry Morrow, a construction supervisor for Norway's DNO Iraq, taking a call about work at the Tawke field as he overlooks the crude processing facility at DNO's Feyshkabour export center. On the far right is where Tawke field oil is piped in. To the left, pipelines running from a tanker offloading center where other KRG fields truck their crude to be exported. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Genel Energy takeover of Chia Surkh block a bellwether of deal-making and expansion in Kurdistan this year.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/open-season-begins-for-kurdistan-deals-7151/feed/ 0 First foreign oil company attacked http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-foreign-oil-company-attacked http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:05:56 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7107

An oil worker walks past a line of trucks used for conducting seismic survey at the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province on March 11, 2009. (THAIER AL-SUDANI/Reuters)

Zero casualty and only equipment damage, but Ninewa attack on exploration company raises profile of security threats to the oil sector.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/first-foreign-oil-company-attacked-7107/feed/ 0 Alleged pipeline bombers arrested http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/alleged-pipeline-bombers-arrested-7029/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alleged-pipeline-bombers-arrested http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/alleged-pipeline-bombers-arrested-7029/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:44:21 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=7029

Six suspects in the Dec. 13, 2011, bombing of the pipelines outside the Rumaila oil field, in front of a cache of weapons. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)

Oil Police parade alleged perpetrators of numerous bombings of recent Basra oil pipelines as threats continue to oil and national security.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/alleged-pipeline-bombers-arrested-7029/feed/ 0 Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-hussain-al-shahristani http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:43:02 +0000 Ben Lando http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6986

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani in his office in Baghdad. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)

The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/qa-hussain-al-shahristani-6986/feed/ 0 Pipeline bombs cut Rumaila flow, threaten exports http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-bomb-cuts-rumaila-flow-threatens-exports-6914/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pipeline-bomb-cuts-rumaila-flow-threatens-exports http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-bomb-cuts-rumaila-flow-threatens-exports-6914/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:40:46 +0000 Ben Van Heuvelen http://www.iraqoilreport.com/?p=6914

Members of the Oil Protection Police sec

Production in Iraq's largest oil field has been cut and exports may suffer after saboteurs bombed the same section of pipeline targeted in an October attack.]]> http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/pipeline-bomb-cuts-rumaila-flow-threatens-exports-6914/feed/ 0