Iraq not bound by quota; struggling to reverse decline Plus: *Walid Khadduri on the return of Big Oil to Iraq *Iraq presidency council gives oil smuggling law OK *SOFA Update: English text and analysis *Labor Minister target of suicide bomb *Iraqis suffer for lack of basic services *The Mahdi Army bides its time *Much more [...]
Shell-Iraq gas company would be Basra natural gas monopoly
*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra *Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show Plus: *Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action *Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama? *Violence in Context *Iraq Press Roundup *USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future [...]
- Iraq Oil Ministry extends deadline for pipeline to and from Iran…
- Iraq restarts dialogue with Big Oil firms as June deadline looms…
- U.S. auditors of Iraq reconstruction see potential and roadblocks in increased oil production and prices…
- Iraq extends deadline to bid on Akkas gas field development and export to Syria and Europe…
- Iraq Oil Ministry: Exports drop but rising price means revenue increases…
Maliki, oil and gas committee to meet on Iraq oil law
Draft version received in Parliament Sunday, kicked back to council of ministers for legal clarification Plus: *Japan envoy meets on Iraq oil *Chinese team expected in November *Industry Ministry workers demand pay promise *Reaction to U.S. attack on Syria-Iraq border *KBR accused of sticking U.S. taxpayers, shocking American workers in Iraq *Fallujah sewage project at [...]
- No deals yet in Baghdad oil meetings with Iraqi Kurds … Turkey invades Iraq … Kirkuk, a oil-rich hot spot, settled for six months … LGBTQ in Iraq … Dollars and Bullets …
- Baghdad vs. Irbil begins … Lukoil getting itchy for W. Qurna … The fate of Basra and Kirkuk …
- Baghdad targets KRG deals … Oil law “irreconcilable” … Law vs. security for int’l oil companies … and much more
- Iraqi Kurd oil minister and U.S. energy secretary met in Washington
- Leader of Iraq oil workers says Iraqis can increase production, with limited help from outsider if need be, but Baghdad refuses to spend the capital …
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 [...]
Iraq Oil Ministry opens oil and gas fields to more companies
Plus: *China starts Ahdab project *Iraq earns more than $60B in oil sales in 2008 *but low prices aren't the only trouble on the horizon *Coalition rebuilds Iraq Navy, guarding oil tankers *Iraq signs $70M Pratt & Whitney turbine deal *Torture continues: genital mutilation of girls in northern Iraq *Iraq Press Roundup Iraq's Oil Ministry [...]
