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, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Plus: *Iraq oil law expected next week in Parliament *Northern Iraq oil exports stopped on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline blast *Six state oil firms added to bidding list *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra [...]
- KRG holding oil deal signing bonus and sales until Iraq passes revenue sharing law
- Iraq gov't reshuffles careers of dozens in south oil industry…
- BP, Exxon propose two-year deals to produce 200,000 barrels more Iraq oil per day…
- Iraq PM Maliki fires South Oil Co. chief and scores more in oil, other sectors…
- Iraq Industry Minister: Iraqi oil production, including from Iraqi Kurdistan, will 3M bpd this year…
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 [...]
- Are Baghdad-Kurd talks on oil issues about to start again?…
- Disputes between Iraq’s national government and Kurdish region keep taking their toll…
- U.S. audit can’t determine how much Iraq ministries spent on capital projects ….
- Turkey FM: Iraq war is about oil …
- Iraq’s oil capitals Basra and Kirkuk have six-month make-or-break window in 2008 …
Basra fight takes toll on Iraq oil production and exports…
Pipelines hit Workers can’t leave/get to work A peek at the Basra oil infrastructure Iraqi military "stalled," Maliki vows fight "to the end" Security of late threatened Bush: Nationalized oil harming Iraq, "legacy" of Saddam Bush: Losing the Iraq war "endanger" oil in Iraq U.S. gives $2.5M to train engineers The Iraq Press Roundup Oil [...]
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 [...]
