Mixed signals from Oil Ministry on new offer from Chinese consortium for fields offered in first bidding round, which include famed Fakka field that saw Iranian occupation.
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Take a walk down the most valuable sidewalk in the world — the al-Basra Oil Terminal, which Iraq relies on to send nearly 80 percent of its crude to market.
Dispute over labor law, attacks on workers, mark ongoing tension between Iraqi oil workers and the government.
Appeal court recommends to electoral commission that more than 500 candidates be allowed to stand in March 7 elections. Candidates' jubilation is tempered by others' suspicion of American interference.
Lukoil is returning to Iraq's West Qurna oil field, which it had a previous contract for developing under Saddam Hussein.
The Majnoon field was awarded to a Shell-led consortium after a quick bidding war with Total, the presumed favorite.
Iraq Oil Report talks to members of Saddam Hussein’s tribe – some accused of recent violence – about the role of foreign oil companies and investment.
No word of victims or from perpetrators in double-kidnapping from the streets of Kirkuk, where security forces and police remain on the hunt.
Oil Ministry Inspector General talks about the smuggling evolution, and wants more civil society participation in Iraq’s efforts to be transparent.
Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani requested the questioning be moved to Nov. 10 instead of Nov. 11, to avoid a conflict with his planned trip to Mecca.
