McClatchy: Jalawla funeral bombing marks deadly Monday in Iraq.
Kurdistan oil sector under attack
Drones struck Tawke and Ain Sifni on Wednesday, marking three consecutive days of attacks on Kurdistan oil fields.
Security
Violence in split Arab-Kurdish city causes concern
Security force plan on hold
Budget cuts due to oil price drop jeopardize plans to add 66,000 new security personnel.
Iraq oil pipeline protection earns U.S. engineer honors
Plus: * Shahristani says low oil price warrants cut * Exxon Mobil leaning on Iraq investment * Women in Iraq * Iran-Iraq border dispute remains * Iraq's Agent Orange New physical barriers keeping would-be saboteurs from attacking Iraq's northern pipeline have led to increased oil exports. It's a major reason Elizabeth Burg, a U.S. Army […]
Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp
Plus: *After the Istanbul meetings with international oil companies *Now Prime Minister Maliki takes charge *Electricity Ministry reaches out to Iran, Syria, Turkey counterparts *Obama calls Turkish leaders, talks include Iraq *Japan makes pre-loan visit to Basra *U.S. says Western investment incoming *Pres. Talabani's party in limbo *Much more The Iraqi Navy is paying the […]
Elections: THE Iraq story
Plus: *Elections and Oil *Background and context for historic provincial vote *Oil big in the SIGIR quarterly report to Congress *Minister of Planning calls for privatizing oil sector *Japan-Iraq strike strategic agreement, including oil sector *Chevron exec cagey optimistic on Iraq oil *Iraq oil unions unite workers for upcoming conference *Oil price hits Iraq economy, […]
Oil hub Kirkuk sees massive bombing during political lunch
EDITOR'S NOTE: Two people have pointed out corrections, or rather clarifications, that it is necessary to make to this post. I have left the original as a reminder of the risk of becoming detached. 1. The second paragraph of the first story should read: Yaseen Taha and Adam Ashton offer the most personal account and […]
Iraq oil and violence: the next Nigeria?
Plus: *Lukoil blames Shahristani for West Qurna deal *March deadline for first bids on oil and gas fields *December date for announcing second round *Oil and Electricity ministries combine forces on Mussaib topping plant * Alive in Baghdad: Baghdad Security Plan Burdens Residents * Turkey and the PKK, SOFA and more Recurrent violence in oil-rich […]
Iraqi oil contracts hold key to peace?
Dr. Mahmoud Othman, a lawmaker with the Kurdistan block in the federal Parliament in Baghdad, has denied statements attributed to him by the press saying that the Kurdistan Regional Government's oil contracts are illegal, the KRG said in a press statement. Dr. Othman has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government issue a statement on his behalf […]
Iraq’s production and exports hit records as the northern pipeline experiences security
Plus: *Shell and South Gas Company to team up on joint venture *Turkey and Syria eyeing Akkas gas field More of Iraq's oil has seen the light of day and exports have realized post-invasion records as measures to stem attacks and other interference have proved successful along the key northern pipeline system. Some who used […]
Iraqi-born Ayatollah bans attacks on Iraq oil sector…
Plus: *Shell CEO confirms ready to help Iraq oil *Who controls Iraq’s oil? *Battles of Basra and oil *Violence deaths up in Iraq *Iraqis resent Green Zone Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has issued a religious edict banning attacks on Iraq's oil industry and other public infrastructure, Naharnet reports. Fadlallah also […]