Plus: *After the Istanbul meetings with international oil companies *Now Prime Minister Maliki takes charge *Electricity Ministry reaches out to Iran, Syria, Turkey counterparts *Obama calls Turkish leaders, talks include Iraq *Japan makes pre-loan visit to Basra *U.S. says Western investment incoming *Pres. Talabani's party in limbo *Much more The Iraqi Navy is paying the [...]
Few details emerge about strange South Korea-Iraq oil deal
Plus: *Ghadban: Iraq oil workers will bring back production *Electricity Minister: France welcome to build nuclear plant *Iraq Oil Ministry gets 38 applications for second round of oil and gas field bids *Get your second round company list only at Iraq Oil Report *Pipeline to Syria makes news, no construction yet *Int’l Unions take Iraq [...]
- Kirkuk field production stymied by Baghdad-Erbil fight and unclear course for development
- Audit pans Iraq and U.S. efforts to account for oil, fuel and revenue flow…
- 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 Oil Report Quick Roundup
*Oil Prices to Hit Reconstruction *Oil Unions Prep for Elections *Electricity Police Planned for Cooperation with Oil Police *U.S. Forces Start Basra Transition with British *Alive in Baghdad: Mosques in Iraq's Civil War *Iraq Press Roundup Plummeting oil prices may force Iraq's government to slow ambitious reconstruction plans, and the country could face a budget [...]
Dispute arises over accusation Iran is stealing Iraq oil from field, involved in smuggling …
Plus: *Oil Majors get special crude instead of cash deal for upcoming oil deals *Iraq-Jordan oil import deal solidifies *Smugglers near Baiji set pipeline ablaze *Oil union leader keys British anti-war tour *Iraq sends delegation to Qatar for gas cooperation *Italy’s Edison, Shell want into Iraq gas too *Turkish op-ed denies cutting N. Iraq’s electricity [...]
Iraq Oil Ministry opens oil and gas fields to more companies
Plus: *China starts Ahdab project *Iraq earns more than $60B in oil sales in 2008 *but low prices aren't the only trouble on the horizon *Coalition rebuilds Iraq Navy, guarding oil tankers *Iraq signs $70M Pratt & Whitney turbine deal *Torture continues: genital mutilation of girls in northern Iraq *Iraq Press Roundup Iraq's Oil Ministry [...]
