U.N. oil auditors and watchdogs see problems and progress in Iraq export and revenue review.
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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 [...]
Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
Plus: *U.N. grants Iraq oil revenue immunity extension *Iraq brings firm in for partial Um Qasr port privatization *Parliament speaker on the way out *Iraqis protest another U.S. raid Iraq has signed contracts worth an estimated $80 million to repair fragile oil export infrastructure in the south and ready it for expansion. The Oil Ministry [...]
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There is one Iraq, but there are also two: the northern, potentially oil-rich region controlled by Iraq's Kurds, and the rest of Iraq. That, says the Kurdish liaison to U.N. efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan, is how the international community should view it. "We say Iraq could not be treated as one simple state," said Dindar [...]
