The Russian state-owned oil giant has concluded another deal with Kurdistan - this one involving the Halabja block, which borders Iran.
The head of Dhi Qar province's oil authority told protestors that it was a Baghdad decision to change their work shifts, and promised to convey their concerns. Four months ago the Oil Ministry changed the shift of the South Oil Company (SOC) workers in Dhi Qar from a schedule that had them working 24-hour shifts […]
Around 150 engineers in Missan province staged a sit-in demanding the provincial council provide them with permanent employment contracts and pensions. Amer Aziz Al-Jabri, a representative from the Missan Labor Union, said that, in addition to improved pay and conditions, engineers also staged the sit-in to "denounce injustices by provincial officials." The union claims that […]
Hundreds of protestors in Diyala province demanded the expulsion of the Turkish ambassador to Iraq, claiming his country is meddling unduly in Iraq's internal affairs. The protest, staged in Khalis, a town 15km from the provincial capital Baquba, was part of a broader movement by Iraqis loyal to the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki […]
Former Iraq Interior Minster Baqir Jabr al-Zubaidi warned in a speech that training camps have been set up in northern and western Iraq for armed groups in a "regional plot" to destabilize the country. Zubaidi, also known as Bayan Jabr Solagh, spoke at the Missan province convention center in a forum with provincial and tribal […]
Demanding payment for lost land and jobs in the oil field, Basrawis take to the streets to decry the West Qurna 1 project and its embattled developer, ExxonMobil.
Each week Beyond the Headlines features a raw translation of the Cabinet decisions, as made public in Arabic by the media office of the Council of Ministers. The fifth regular meeting to the Cabinet held in Baghdad, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and issued the following decisions: 1. […]
Former American ambassador James Jeffrey is now advising ExxonMobil, which has also retained Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley and other retired American officials to advise on Iraq.
In a bid to stimulate the province's economy, officials in Diyala have taken preparatory steps to reopen a border crossing with Iran that has been closed since the Iran-Iraq war started in 1980. Diyala Press Director Turath al-Azzawi said a provincial committee agreed to take "immediate measures" to help reopen the Sumer border crossing, near […]
Iraq's Oil Ministry is considering the construction of state oil storage facilities at the Turkish port of Ceyhan, in order to maintain regular northward exports in the event of further pipeline attacks on either side of the Turkey-Iraq border. According to an official with the state-run North Oil Company (NOC), disruptions to oil exports caused […]
