Plus: *Petrel also says Oil Ministry agrees to payment, ditches Kurdish partner *Confirmation and details of KRG-South Korea oil investment *Fields in second oil and gas bidding round discussed *Kanaqin residents say fight is over oil, future in Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Sadr City vs. the Walls *Food rations to be cut *Election rules ban [...]
- Turkey, Kurds and the Iraq oil hype…
- Confusion on reports Iraq’s Kurds have signed more oil deals, with South Korea, sure to irk Baghdad…
- Shell, ExxonMobil say it and others want in Iraq’s oil and gas but need guarantees in the law…
- Iraq oil begins flowing to Turkey again…
- Turkey to study pipeline for Iraq gas to run same route as Iraq oil pipelines…
Oil for Soil: Crisis Group proposes ‘grand bargain’ on Iraq oil land dispute
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 [...]
- Kurds threaten to break from coalition government in Baghdad … UNSC and IMF give another year in Iraq … The future of Basra …
- No deals yet in Baghdad oil meetings with Iraqi Kurds … Turkey invades Iraq … Kirkuk, a oil-rich hot spot, settled for six months … LGBTQ in Iraq … Dollars and Bullets …
- Baghdad vs. Irbil begins … Lukoil getting itchy for W. Qurna … The fate of Basra and Kirkuk …
- Barzani heads to Baghdad … Attacks on Iraq’s oil sector continue over weekend, Monday …
- Baghdad targets KRG deals … Oil law “irreconcilable” … Law vs. security for int’l oil companies … and much more
Iraq’s Constitution needs fixing before the oil law can be moved, top MP says…
Plus: *Russia and Iraq -- quid pro quo on oil for debt *Attacks on Iraq's energy sector shut down power grid, bomb found on Electricity Ministry's doorstep *State Dept. critiqued by its own for lax dealings with Iraq government *Iraqi Kurds in U.S. push for investment beyond oil *Oil for refugees *Much more... Political disputes [...]
