A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.
In Iraq, oil contracting and revenue sharing are not simply technical or commercial matters but rather proxies for differing conceptions among Iraq’s communities of the country and their place within it.
The $72bn budget awards dollars to oil-producing provinces and sites of pilgrimage. A stern warning is issued to Kurdish authorities in the form of penalties for cutting off exports.
Protests on the streets of Baghdad as election campaigning delayed and courts rush through appeals of banned candidates
Dispute over labor law, attacks on workers, mark ongoing tension between Iraqi oil workers and the government.
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani talks to Iraq Oil Report about what the recently signed oil deals means for Iraq, and what is left to do before KRG oil deals get the green light.
Appeal court recommends to electoral commission that more than 500 candidates be allowed to stand in March 7 elections. Candidates' jubilation is tempered by others' suspicion of American interference.
Lawsuit challenging fundamentals of international oil deals is accepted by judge, and a hearing scheduled for next month.
Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister says Baghdad must pay foreign oil firms invested in northern fields before exports will restart.
Shahristani, in press conference at communications college, says elections will determine his future as Oil Minister, and talks Fakka, KRG contracts, and corruption.
