Published
May 19, 2009,
7:29 pm in
Security
American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.
Answers Dem. senators query of Bush admin. influence in Iraq oil deals.
Published
March 22, 2009,
7:32 pm in
Politics
Following Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s success in provincial elections in January, there’s a new air of autonomy from the U.S. occupation.
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 civilian who volunteered for duty in Iraq, was recently named one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ top five proteges.
Burg’s duties include inspect…
Published
February 16, 2009,
9:13 pm in
Security
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revamp part of Umm Qasr port in southern Iraq, the first Iraq to U.S.ACE Foreign …
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 audit of a $1.2 billion contract for reconstruction in Iraq’s southern oil sector split the blame for cost overruns and underperformance between the main contra…
Published
October 30, 2008,
6:03 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Oil law back in Parliament
*New wells and other work to boost oil production
*However, questions remain
*Status Of Forces Agreement update
*The Turkey-U.S.-Iraq-Iraqi Kurd dance
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
The U.N.-mandated auditor of Iraq’s oil revenue says, despite accounting troubles, it is ready to hand off its work to an all-Iraqi team at the end of the year, United Press International’s Ben Lando reports.
Oil revenue is estimated at 95 percent of Iraq’s total annu…
Published
October 29, 2008,
5:22 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Barzani and Bush meet in Washington
*SOFA update
*Alive in Baghdad: How do Iraqi youths spend their free time?
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Q & A: Joseph Christoff of the U.S. Government Accountability Office talks with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Greg Bruno about Iraq’s oil revenue. The GAO and Christoff’s analytical reports have found room for criticism of both Iraqi and U.S. efforts in keeping tabs on and spending Iraq and U.S. funds in Iraq. Christoff talks about…
Published
October 27, 2008,
4:48 pm in
Politics
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 $100M, waste still in the streets
*Barzani back from Iran, en route to Washington
*Iraq in the Time of Cholera
*Much…
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
As OPEC decides to catch falling oil prices by cutting supply, Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani says anything below $80 per barrel will be a hit on next ye…
