A top Iraqi gas official said March meetings are a deadline for proposed joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi.
Anbar officials raise objections about gas exports and housing, ceremony to sign draft Akkas field deal postponed for second time since October.
Iraq has taken its first steps towards exporting 100k bpd of oil from the Kurdistan region, though major issues are still unsettled.
Contributing analyst Isam al-Khalisi critiques an advance copy of the Electricity Ministry’s new master plan to be unveiled Feb. 1.
Oil companies entering Iraq will encounter a surprisingly robust landscape of environmental legislation.
Iraq's Oil Police have seized the momentum in the country’s battle against outlaw smugglers, and Iraq Oil Report is along for the ride. With production set to skyrocket, their challenge has just begun.
The Electricity Ministry says long-term plans are on schedule to meet public need, though power protests in Kirkuk and extended blackouts in Baghdad raise the specter of worsening electricity shortages this summer.
Abdul Karim Luaibi has been on the job less than a month, but his Oil Ministry appears to be building momentum toward holding a fourth bidding round and jump-starting stalled deals.
Iraq's Transportation Ministry holds a conference aimed to facilitate collaboration among government ministries and foreign oil companies in support of the upcoming, massive oil production increase.
The new oil minister called a press conference Sunday to announce an increasing oil production rate and a fourth bidding round for exploration blocks.
