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Who gets the money as Iraqi Kurdistan starts crude exports?

  • The Politics of Iraqi Oil

    Oil prices sink, production slows, the economy recedes and Iraqi politics: the perfect storm for Iraq’s oil sector.

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    The U.S. has returned $13 million to Iraq – found "improperly" in American reconstruction budgets – results of an increased workload for the top U.S. auditor of Iraq rebuilding efforts, Ben Lando reports. There’s a long way to go still: the head of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said Monday between 15 percent [...]

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Iraqi oil contracts hold key to peace?

Dr. Mahmoud Othman, a lawmaker with the Kurdistan block in the federal Parliament in Baghdad, has denied statements attributed to him by the press saying that the Kurdistan Regional Government's oil contracts are illegal, the KRG said in a press statement. Dr. Othman has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government issue a statement on his behalf [...]

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Baiji sees corruption cleanup, saving Iraq oil from smugglers

Plus much more in this long-weekend edition of Iraq Oil Report, including updates on more going on in the oil and electricity sector, election results revealed, and the status of key security, societal and economic issues. A must read: One might call them the Batman and Robin of the Bayji oil refinery. Together Ali al-Obaidi, [...]

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