Weekly Edition Newsletter

Every Friday, Iraq Oil Report publishes a recap of the week that was in Iraq. Each newsletter includes a selection of the most important stories from the past week, as chosen by our editors. The Iraq Bureau Chief, Ben Lando, also provides his own commentary on the week that was and a preview of the week to come.

Subscribers to Iraq Oil Report receive this newsletter each Friday by email, or can access all newsletters below.

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  Weekly Edition - Election Edition - March 12, 2010 (1.4 MiB)

  • After close election, two front-runners
    As Iraqis await official election results, Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi jockey to build a majority coalition.
  • Sunnis defy violence, cast vote into the unknown
    In Baghdad's Adhamiya neighborhood, Sunnis who largely boycotted the 2005 election turned out to vote.
  • Iraqi cabinet approves provincial oil refund law
    New legislation would give provinces one dollar per barrel produced.
  • No deal yet for China bid on Missan fields
    Mixed signals from Oil Ministry on new offer from Chinese consortium for fields offered in first bidding round, which include famed Fakka field that saw Iranian occupation.
  • Daura refinery gears up for the future
    Remaining sabotage, smuggling no match – so far – for Iraq's plans to upgrade key oil infrastructure.

  Weekly Edition - March 5, 2010 (1.8 MiB)
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  • Iraq's election and the oil sector
  • Iraq's next Minister of Oil: the top candidates
    Any of these candidates for the oil portfolio in the next government have a massive task in reconstruction and expansion that will make or break the country.
  • Election unlikely to bring Kurd-Baghdad breakthrough
    The issues that have divided Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Iraq will be awaiting the new government after March 7 national elections.
  • Iraq in, Japan out on Nassiriya deal
    Iraq and Japanese consortium unable to reach deal on southern oil field after more than a year of talks.
  • Rumaila deal survives another court hearing
    Nine-judge high court takes further arguments from attorneys and gives four weeks to receive rebuttals on potential oil industry-shaking lawsuit.
  • The dark horse in a blue suit
    A top oil ministry technocrat who survived deBaathification (twice) and defended Baghdad's Daura refinery against insurgents is running a long-shot bid for Iraq's vicious parliament.

  Weekly Edition - February 26, 2010 (1.9 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - February 19, 2010 (1.4 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - February 12, 2010 (1.1 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - February 5, 2010 (1.2 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - Special Security Update - January 29, 2010 (494.2 KiB)
- Iraq Oil Report survives hotel attacks
- Iraq inks five more contracts

  Weekly Edition - January 22, 2010 (1.0 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - January 15, 2010 (1.3 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - January 8, 2010 (1.2 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - December 18, 2009 (1.4 MiB)
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  Weekly Edition - December 11, 2009 (868.7 KiB)
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  Weekly Edition - December 4, 2009 (559.7 KiB)
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  Weekly Edition - November 30, 2009 (350.0 KiB)
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