Energy committee calls for nationwide moratorium on oil and gas deals until delayed hydrocarbons law is passed.
Iraq's long-delayed laws to govern the oil sector and restart the national oil company will receive hearings next week.
The deputy prime minister for energy preempts critics in a televised cabinet meeting intended to be a confidence builder at the government's 100 day deadline.
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.
