As Prime Minister Maliki forges a Shiite governing coalition, Iraq’s Sunnis turn their backs on Baghdad.
Deals with Marathon and Murphy the first of expected Iraqi Kurdistan oil deals that have US worried about reconciliation and Baghdad unusually quiet amidst government formation talks.
Iraq has increased its reserves and signed the world’s largest companies to boost oil and gas production. Iraqis wonder whether the hydrocarbon revolution will bring them prosperity or ruin.
Iraq’s most popular electoral coalition has condemned the Maliki government's oil and gas contracts, signaling a new political strategy for a marginalized opposition movement.
Ethnic hostilities subside as a joint committee is formed to address controversial evictions of villagers near oil facilities in Kirkuk.
Last week's incursion into Wasit province's Ahdab oil field by local politicians has angered top officials in the Oil Ministry.
As the North Oil Company orders 5,000 villagers to relocate, local leaders make accusations of ethnic bias.
Former Iraqi oilman Ahmed Mousa Jiyad wonders where the data came from to support the massive boost in two fields' reserves.
A battle for control of the province’s oil development combusted, as local and federal security forces faced off.
Fifty years after the cartel was founded in Baghdad, Iraq is attempting to overcome political and technical obstacles to snatch the oil crown from the Saudis.
