Weapons cache and threatening note naming international companies discovered by oil police near Zubair oil field in Basra province.
Karim Waheed Hasan talks about increasing the power supply but being outpaced by demand, disputes with other ministries, worsening security and sectarianism and politics.
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.
Remaining sabotage, smuggling no match - so far - for Iraq's plans to upgrade key oil infrastructure.
Iraq and Japanese consortium unable to reach deal on southern oil field after more than a year of talks.
Negotiations on joint venture company to capture wasted natural gas have ended and project will be put to tender, said Iraqi Minister of Electricity.
Take a walk down the most valuable sidewalk in the world -- the al-Basra Oil Terminal, which Iraq relies on to send nearly 80 percent of its crude to market.
Iraq could export more crude from its southern al-Basra Oil Terminal if there was development onshore of key infrastructure, terminal manager Shukour Taha says.
The director general of the Beiji oil refinery, Ali al-Obaidi, sees a future of violence and corruption that could cripple the facility he saved two years ago.
The man credited with turning the refinery at Beiji from a nest of corruption to a model of productivity has a warrant out for his arrest but holds the trust of American and Iraqi officials.
