The fourth bidding round is now scheduled for May 30-31, as the model contract evolves and IOCs get time to respond.
Parliament committee could press for formal validation of existing oil deals with Baghdad and KRG, but efforts are being overshadowed by political crisis.
Amidst a political breakdown, DPM Shahristani is taking a larger role, and the fourth bidding round and the start-up of new export infrastructure have been set back.
The government's top energy official discusses ExxonMobil's options, fourth bidding round contract models, and federalism.
ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.
American troops are gone, and a political crisis shows Iraq's old divisions may prove stronger than its fledgling institutions.
After politicians optimistically touted a new oil law negotiating framework, the two sides have yet to meet and positions remain entrenched.
U.S. troops will be gone by the end of the year, and a truly sovereign Iraq is now a country with an uncertain fate.
Shortly after signing watershed deals with ExxonMobil, the KRG's prime minister discusses the resource curse, the U.S. withdrawal, and the future of Kurdistan's oil sector.
Casting aside the two latest conflicting oil laws, Baghdad's Luaibi and the KRG's Hawrami will negotiate based on 2007 draft legislation.
