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 [...]

Iraq not bound by quota; struggling to reverse decline Plus: *Walid Khadduri on the return of Big Oil to Iraq *Iraq presidency council gives oil smuggling law OK *SOFA Update: English text and analysis *Labor Minister target of suicide bomb *Iraqis suffer for lack of basic services *The Mahdi Army bides its time *Much more [...]

Plus: *Doubts linger in Big Oil's mind over signing time for new deals *Top energy adviser to Maliki assures the terms are good enough *Iraq cuts Basra crude price to European buyers *KBR finishes Persian Gulf platform work *Much more... Basra is the key to Iraq -- a major city and source of oil, plus [...]