Oil law struggles for daylight

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.

  • 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)

    Alleged pipeline bombers arrested

    Oil Police parade alleged perpetrators of numerous bombings of recent Basra oil pipelines as threats continue to oil and national security.

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

    Q&A: Hussain al-Shahristani

    The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.

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Interview: Ali Khudhier of South Gas Company

Iraq’s crude oil extraction also produces huge volumes of associated natural gas, half of which is currently burned off as a waste byproduct in flares like these, at the Rumaila oil field in Basra province. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)

SGC chief talks about projected increases in gas production, potential export routes, and the ultimatum on Shell’s gas deal.

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Interview: Labor issues in the Iraqi economy

Sri Lankan workers who allege they haven't been paid for two years on a project contracted by the government meet with Missan province governor Ali Douai. (JEWDAT AL-SAI'DI/Iraq Oil Report)

The International Labor Organization's chief technical adviser in Iraq discusses the country's struggles to bring its labor conditions up to a standard that can support the economy's booming growth.

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Interview: Labor issues in the Iraqi economy

Sri Lankan workers who allege they haven't been paid for two years on a project contracted by the government meet with Missan province governor Ali Douai. (JEWDAT AL-SAI'DI/Iraq Oil Report)

The International Labor Organization's chief technical adviser in Iraq discusses the country's struggles to bring its labor conditions up to a standard that can support the economy's booming growth.