Published
June 1, 2009,
1:31 pm in
Politics
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for majority rule provokes strong reactions.
While oil flows, questions over compensation and disputes between KRG and Baghdad remain.
Published
March 5, 2009,
10:50 pm in
Politics
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 current strategy as relying too much on the hope of future investment from international oil companies by launching an immediate domest…
Published
December 3, 2008,
9:58 pm in
Business
Plus:
*Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget
*Could help Iraq in long run
*Increase oil production needs investment
*KRG responds to Maliki
*India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate
*The Trains of Iraq
*Iraq Press Roundup
*U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq
A conference to connect Iraq oil officials and the international oil industry instead created a space for intra-Iraqi dialogue on key disputes and sticking points holding back Iraq’s oil sector.
W…
Published
November 19, 2008,
6:36 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*SOFA negotiations rocky but developing
*Iraq Oil Report offers first look at text submitted to Parliament
*Kurdistan-Baghdad relations rocky
*KRG signs U.N. electricity help
*Iraq Oil Ministry wants helicopters
*Alive in Baghdad: Sahwa, What Next After Al-Qaeda?
*Iraq Press Roundup
The Status Of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, is nearing a late-November deadline when Iraq’s Parliament is to recess, and the end-December deadline when the current U.N. mandate is to expire.
Iraq O…
Published
October 28, 2008,
4:39 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates
*Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals
*Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations
*U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments
*Basra worker protest
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a "grand bargain" to head of escalation of conflicts between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
The full…
Published
October 27, 2008,
4:48 pm in
Politics
Draft version received in Parliament Sunday, kicked back to council of ministers for legal clarification
Plus:
*Japan envoy meets on Iraq oil
*Chinese team expected in November
*Industry Ministry workers demand pay promise
*Reaction to U.S. attack on Syria-Iraq border
*KBR accused of sticking U.S. taxpayers, shocking American workers in Iraq
*Fallujah sewage project at $100M, waste still in the streets
*Barzani back from Iran, en route to Washington
*Iraq in the Time of Cholera
*Much…
Published
October 24, 2008,
4:46 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Turkey state oil firm holds Iraq oil deal talks in Japan
*Samarra power station gets fast-track
*Emir of Anbar's Dulaim tribe talks elections
*West Point report: Iran more successful in political infiltration than militias
*Babylon security now in Iraq's hands
*Inside the mind of the PKK
*Christians, minorities fear in Iraq
*That's Not Tea!
Iraqi oil exports have declined four months in a row, according to data released by the nation's Oil Ministry, which is optimistic it can r…
Published
October 9, 2008,
4:47 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*More details ahead of the roadshow
*Kurdish national MP says oil law moving
*KRG minister says natural gas to provide power for Kurds, industry and all of Iraq
*Barzani heads to Baghdad for talks soon
*Oil Search starts drilling
*Shahristani talks pipeline plans
*U.S. report warns of upcoming ethnic violence
*Turkey readies for incursion
*Sadrist MP killed
*The Iraq Press Roundup and more
A delegation led by Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani will present prequalified…
