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: *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 [...]
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 [...]
- Shell-Iraq gas company would be Basra natural gas monopoly
- Iraq oil revenue audit to be handed over to all-Iraqi team
- Iraqi oil exports slide since May but turnaround expected
- U.S. report: old Iraq southern oil pipelines could break
- Iraq begins oil and gas field bidding process for international oil firms
U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
Plus: *Obama and Iraq *More Iraq oil news *Oil, Transport and Port workers meet for "Well-to-Wheel" in Amman *Pentagon Report: Iraqis lack basic services, fueling discontent *Basra and the ballot * War News Radio: On the Move, Iraq’s displaced families *Iraq Press Roundup * Alive in Baghdad: Ashura, A Sign of the Times A new [...]
- State Dept. says Iraq oil trust fund bill could derail revenue sharing and oil laws
- U.S. Senators push for Iraq oil trust fund
- Americans named participant in Iraq oil contracts with Big Oil
- U.S. Congress calls on Bush to block or cancel Iraq oil deals
- U.S. Senate committee tags defense bill with Iraq reconstruction funds blockade…
Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp
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 [...]
- 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.
- Gen. Petraeus recruits world’s largest energy companies on behalf of Prime Minister Maliki …
- Basra amidst violence may see major push by previously ineffective Iraqi troops…
- Iraq’s Constitution needs fixing before the oil law can be moved, top MP says…
Iraqis are left without fuel or electricity …
Plus: *Iraq Oil Ministry, Big Oil to meet in Jordan this week *Deadline to register for upcoming oil tenders delayed *2008 budget delayed, Kurd vs. Arab continues *Iraq Press Roundup *Is the surge working? A worthless question. *and more... You can't have one without the other, but with many of Iraq's power plants shut and [...]
U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq
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 [...]
Interview: Iraqi Kurdistan’s coordinator for U.N. missions … Iraqi oil capital Basra faces tough new year … Kurds make deal with Sunni Arabs … Pentagon to make example of journalist: treat like terrorist …
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 [...]
