The Iraqi government is imposing fines and forced relocations on oil unionists who have rallied workers for improved conditions.
Luaibi rejects Parliament committee's demands to delay January bid round for exploration deals.
Workers threaten strike, mass May 25 protest following repeated claims to better pay.
In a step forward for Baghdad-Erbil relations, the central government has paid Kurdish oil contractors for the first time.
The Iraqi Oil Ministry's four-year plan, unveiled but not reproduced in February, available here only to Iraq Oil Report subscribers.
A fourth auction of hydrocarbons projects, this time for exploration blocks, will take place in January not November for dozens of pre-qualified International Oil Companies.
Kuwait Airways is threatening to seize Iraqi assets when UN immunities are lifted in July, to recover $1.2B from Saddam-era theft.
An oil industry expert now chairs the Parliament's Oil and Energy Committee. Adnan Janabi talks about short-term priorities for key oil laws and relations between Baghdad and the KRG.
The new chairman of the Parliament Oil and Energy Committee said all of Baghdad's contracts – past and future – should be reviewed, perhaps altered.
At least two provinces are pressing for oil deals orchestrated locally, which the Oil Ministry is rebuking.
