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Feb 24, 2009

Few details emerge about strange South Korea-Iraq oil deal

Plus: *Ghadban: Iraq oil workers will bring back production *Electricity Minister: France welcome to build nuclear plant *Iraq Oil Ministry gets 38 applications for second round of oil and gas field bids *Get your second round company list only at Iraq Oil Report *Pipeline to Syria makes news, no construction yet *Int’l Unions take Iraq […]

Feb 19, 2009

Baiji sees corruption cleanup, saving Iraq oil from smugglers

Plus much more in this long-weekend edition of Iraq Oil Report, including updates on more going on in the oil and electricity sector, election results revealed, and the status of key security, societal and economic issues. A must read: One might call them the Batman and Robin of the Bayji oil refinery. Together Ali al-Obaidi, […]

Feb 12, 2009

Mitsubishi added to Shell-Iraq gas deal

Plus: *Iraq sweetens deal to oil majors in Istanbul meetings *South Oil Co. offers oil companies 40 wells to drill *Walid Khadduri on oil and elections *Iran-Iraq meetings pledge oil, other economic trade boost *KRG changes legislative body name, says Qandil Mountains contained *Baghdad museum to reopen *Fallujah still in ruins *Joost Hiltermann: lessons of […]

Feb 6, 2009

U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq

Iraq Oil Report can confirm an upcoming meeting on federalism and oil and gas management in Iraq, organized by the European Union and United Nations. The date cannot be confirmed as yet. Although Voices of Iraq reports the conference will be held in April and focus on the oil law, sources told IOR the draft […]

Feb 5, 2009

South Oil Co. leader calls for a new Iraqi National Oil Co.

Plus: *Elections insight following more oil news *Oil exports in January up again *Foster Wheeler gets south oil terminal deal *Abu Dhabi start-up Petromal, with Premier, wants Iraq deals *Korea firm starts oil work alone *The new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Night Life Returns to Baghdad *Treasury Dept. lists PJAK as terrorists […]

Jan 28, 2009

Former SCOP official laments ‘golden era’ for Iraq oil, optimistic for future

Plus: *Oil terminal moving from U.S. to Iraqi security *Finance Ministry orders oil report from Oil Ministry, issuing $5B in bonds, courting international banks *Elections begin *World Bank: 44 percent of Iraqis make less than $85/month *Battle Against Brutality: women in Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Fake Pharmacies Plague Iraq *New SIGIR reports *Iraq Press Roundup […]

Jan 26, 2009

Iraq oil exports in December highest in five months

Plus: *Iraq reduces 2009 as oil price slides *Iran not involved with Majnoon development *Dora expansion is ready, Shahristani says Iraq to meet domestic fuel demand this year *Elections coming up *Alive in Baghdad: Pastry Shops Thriving in Iraq *Much more Iraq's oil exports in December were the highest since July as northern exports carried […]

Jan 16, 2009

Iraq responds to Russian oil courting

Plus: *Iraq reiterates Syria gas line plans *Ministry to discuss round 1 oil and gas bidding in Istanbul *Iraq election tactics: "iffy, illegal" *The missing Muntadar *Buying old Russian military equipment *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more A Russian delegation visiting Baghdad is attempting to reboot ties with Iraq. Russia was expecting a leg-up in either […]

Jan 14, 2009

U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction

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 […]

Jan 9, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court to determine future of Iraq’s oil funds

Plus: *2008 ends "sour" for Iraq oil, potential and roadblocks in 2009 *Natural gas loss at $15B annually *Maliki makes first premier visit to KRG *Elections and oil mark big 2009 in Iraq *Minorities in Iraq: the other victims *Alive in Baghdad: Iraq’s Free Press *Iraq Press Roundup *Much, much more… The U.S. Supreme Court […]