Plus: * Shahristani says low oil price warrants cut * Exxon Mobil leaning on Iraq investment * Women in Iraq * Iran-Iraq border dispute remains * Iraq's Agent Orange New physical barriers keeping would-be saboteurs from attacking Iraq's northern pipeline have led to increased oil exports. It's a major reason Elizabeth Burg, a U.S. Army [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
South Oil Co. leader calls for a new Iraqi National Oil Co.
Plus: *Elections insight following more oil news *Oil exports in January up again *Foster Wheeler gets south oil terminal deal *Abu Dhabi start-up Petromal, with Premier, wants Iraq deals *Korea firm starts oil work alone *The new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Night Life Returns to Baghdad *Treasury Dept. lists PJAK as terrorists [...]
- Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
- Iraq oil exports see increase but not enough to offset price slump
- Iraq Petroleum Co. driller in his youth, now returns to sign first Iraq joint venture
- Iraq oil exports from two northern fields not guaranteed
- Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Iraq oil contract disputed in new report commissioned by Parliament energy committee
Plus: *Read the entire draft Technical Service Contract *Oil Ministry gives more info on oil fields to companies *Russia's Lukoil, Italy's Edison express interest in fields on Istanbul sidelines *Missan Oil Co. preps for new well drilling *Technip awarded new Karbala refinery *Oil to Jordan slowed by technicalities *Violence rocks powder keg Mosul, Shiite pilgrimage [...]
- Iraqi oil ministry to face tough crowd, critics in upcoming meetings
- U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
- Regionalization battle in Basra, Iraq oil capital, takes next step
- Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati
- Maliki, oil and gas committee to meet on Iraq oil law
Elections: THE Iraq story
Plus: *Elections and Oil *Background and context for historic provincial vote *Oil big in the SIGIR quarterly report to Congress *Minister of Planning calls for privatizing oil sector *Japan-Iraq strike strategic agreement, including oil sector *Chevron exec cagey optimistic on Iraq oil *Iraq oil unions unite workers for upcoming conference *Oil price hits Iraq economy, [...]
- Iraq’s production and exports hit records as the northern pipeline experiences security
- Basra break in violence allows oil workers to leave, head to work…
- Pipeline blast in southern Iraq fixed, oil flow rerouted …
- Basra fight takes toll on Iraq oil production and exports…
- Fighting in Iraq’s oil capital Basra isn’t the first bloodshed between varying political and armed groups but may be the decisive battle for control over the oil sector, local government and the fate of the province.
Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency
Plus: *Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement *PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy *Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement *The Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining [...]
Iraq finalizes oil drilling joint venture with Mesopotamia Petroleum
A deal has been finalized creating a joint venture between the Iraq Drilling Co. and the British Mesopotamia Petroleum Co. It’s the first such joint venture in post-Saddam Iraq, and will likely be a template for future projects to bring foreign oil companies into the world’s third largest oil reserves. The Iraq Oil Service Co. [...]
- Mitsubishi added to Shell-Iraq gas deal
- U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq
- Former SCOP official laments 'golden era' for Iraq oil, optimistic for future
- Iraq oil exports in December highest in five months
- U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati
The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn't be too different from President Bush, he said. In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an [...]
