Iraq Oil Report publishes the full English texts of the two competing oil laws drafted by the Cabinet and the Parliament.
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Investigators still don't know what caused last week's explosion, but damaged gas line no longer impacting output.
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Iraq’s largest refinery is off line after an explosion on a gas pipeline that feeds the refinery, as the oil sector continues to suffer an epidemic of attacks.
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.
Baghdad pays KRG contractors
In a step forward for Baghdad-Erbil relations, the central government has paid Kurdish oil contractors for the first time.
- Iraq’s Oil Ministry is getting ever closer to the first post-Iraq war oil deals…
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- New anti-Kurd oil deal block has majority in Parliament …
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
- Iraq northern oil allegedly travelling through Talabani-controlled KRG and into Iran
Weapons find near oil field worries jumpy south
Initial report that weapons were found on a key oil field spread concerns of threats to massive planned investment, though industry official says it is used to operating in tough places.
Former SCOP official laments 'golden era' for Iraq oil, optimistic for future
Plus: *Oil terminal moving from U.S. to Iraqi security *Finance Ministry orders oil report from Oil Ministry, issuing $5B in bonds, courting international banks *Elections begin *World Bank: 44 percent of Iraqis make less than $85/month *Battle Against Brutality: women in Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Fake Pharmacies Plague Iraq *New SIGIR reports *Iraq Press Roundup [...]
