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Crucial Iraq energy security seeks U.S. focus

<p>As the intensifying campaign by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) heads into its second year, Iraq is planning a nationwide enhancement of key infrastructure security before the violence can reach the vital oil sector.</p>
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani (center right) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman (center left) lead their respective delegations in a meeting of the Iraq-U.S. Joint Coordination Committee on Energy. (Photo source: Media office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy)
Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Thursday, February 6th, 2014

As the intensifying campaign by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) heads into its second year, Iraq is planning a nationwide enhancement of key infrastructure security before the violence can reach the vital oil sector.

The bulk of the new attacks are taking place away from most of Iraq's key oil infrastructure in the south, and ISIS' targets have primarily been Iraqi security forces, institutions of power now associated with the Shia-led government and Sunni areas that the al-Qaida splinter group wants to incorporate into a caliphate.

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