Answers Dem. senators query of Bush admin. influence in Iraq oil deals.
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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 [...]
Iraq offers more oil deals to IOCs
Three IOCs in bilateral negotiations as Iraq attempts to improve licensing round terms.
- Iraq begins oil and gas field bidding process for international oil firms
- Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms
- Dana and Crescent start gas production in northern Iraq
- Iraq to offer 82 percent of proven oil reserves to international oil companies
- Petrel makes case for ‘Little Oil’ in Iraq
Anbar police chief: we are ready for U.S. troop withdrawal
Niqash talks to Major General Tariq al-Asal on the future of security in what was once the hot spot of the insurgency in Iraq.
Border conflicts test Kurdish tightrope act
American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.
- 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.
- Basra the battleground for Iraq army effort…
- 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 need better Iraq, U.S. effort
New GAO report: Oil revenue surplus will cover budget deficit, but Iraqis in need of basics like water, while oil and electricity sector need billions of dollars.
