Mixed messages from Iraq as Oil Minister comes out against Kurdish oil exports.
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Plus: *New budget approved after further cuts *New Report: More than Shiites and Sunnis *Iraq Teachers Union targeted by government *Video-Alive in Baghdad: US Withdrawing as Media Retreat from Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lent his support to a new two-pronged oil-development strategy in an attempt to appease those who have challenged the [...]
KRG-Baghdad still at odds over IOC pay
It's not as easy as hooking up the taps -- how the money flows, and to who, remains to be agreed upon.
- Oil exports OK from some KRG deals, Iraq oil minister says
- Iraq oil exports tops 2M barrels per day…
- BP, Exxon propose two-year deals to produce 200,000 barrels more Iraq oil per day…
- Iraq PM Maliki fires South Oil Co. chief and scores more in oil, other sectors…
- Iraq’s Kurdistan region signs an unknown number of new oil deals…
Tall order for new assembly speaker
He inherits fractious parliament, whose divisions have been exacerbated by his appointment.
- Iraqi oil sparks political sour note
- U.S. negotiators say Iraq must sign a bi-lateral security deal or lose billions in oil revenue…
- U.S. Senate committee tags defense bill with Iraq reconstruction funds blockade…
- Iraq’s oil law, KRG vs. Baghdad and making deals on their own and what is Iraq’s oil potential…
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
Iraqi-born Ayatollah bans attacks on Iraq oil sector…
Plus: *Shell CEO confirms ready to help Iraq oil *Who controls Iraq’s oil? *Battles of Basra and oil *Violence deaths up in Iraq *Iraqis resent Green Zone Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has issued a religious edict banning attacks on Iraq's oil industry and other public infrastructure, Naharnet reports. Fadlallah also [...]
U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq
Iraq Oil Report can confirm an upcoming meeting on federalism and oil and gas management in Iraq, organized by the European Union and United Nations. The date cannot be confirmed as yet. Although Voices of Iraq reports the conference will be held in April and focus on the oil law, sources told IOR the draft [...]
