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:

"Everyone knows this place had the worst corruption in Iraq – they said $1bn a year was being lost here," says Mr Obaidi at his office in the refinery 190km north of Baghdad. "Gangs, mafias, al-Qaeda, everyone was trying to steal from this depot."