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		<title>Iraq oil pipeline protection earns U.S. engineer honors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Iraq oil strategy attempts to walk political fine line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq finalizes oil drilling joint venture with Mesopotamia Petroleum</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/iraq-finalizes-oil-drilling-joint-venture-with-mesopotamia-petroleum-652/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-finalizes-oil-drilling-joint-venture-with-mesopotamia-petroleum</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/security-of-iraq-oil-expected-to-improve-with-umm-qasr-port-revamp-590/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=security-of-iraq-oil-expected-to-improve-with-umm-qasr-port-revamp</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil contract disputed in new report commissioned by Parliament energy committee</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/iraq-oil-contract-disputed-in-new-report-commissioned-by-parliament-energy-committee-581/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-oil-contract-disputed-in-new-report-commissioned-by-parliament-energy-committee</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<title>Mitsubishi added to Shell-Iraq gas deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Iraq sweetens deal to oil majors in Istanbul meetings *South Oil Co. offers oil companies 40 wells to drill *Walid Khadduri on oil and elections *Iran-Iraq meetings pledge oil, other economic trade boost *KRG changes legislative body name, says Qandil Mountains contained *Baghdad museum to reopen *Fallujah still in ruins *Joost Hiltermann: lessons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi oil ministry to face tough crowd, critics in upcoming meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/iraqi-oil-ministry-to-face-tough-crowd-critics-in-upcoming-meetings-568/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraqi-oil-ministry-to-face-tough-crowd-critics-in-upcoming-meetings</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Shahristani wants expanded ministry role, new national oil co., less red tape *Petrochemical worker repression outrage by int'l union *Iraqi in Gitmo prison now missing *Sarkozy in Baghdad visit wants French firms back in country *Maliki responds to Biden threats to sovereignty *Video: Building boom in northern Iraq *Shoe-throwing Zaidi gets Feb. 19 trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq Oil Report can confirm an upcoming meeting on federalism and oil and gas management in Iraq, organized by the European Union and United Nations. The date cannot be confirmed as yet. Although Voices of Iraq reports the conference will be held in April and focus on the oil law, sources told IOR the draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Oil Co. leader calls for a new Iraqi National Oil Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<title>Elections: THE Iraq story</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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