Iraq Oil Contracts

Iraq Oil Contracts Have Uncertain Future

GlobalPost | Matthew Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Now that the votes have been counted, the first big test facing Iraq's fragile democracy is whether it can make the tra...

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Peter W. Galbraith, American Adviser to Kurds, Stands to Reap Huge Oil Profits

nytimes.com | JAMES GLANZ and WALTER GIBBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO -- Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Jo...

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Iraq Oil: Investors Nervous

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD -- In its drive to expand and modernize Iraq's oil sector, the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is stumbling over the competi...

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Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump? The (Re)Making of a Petro-State

Michael T. Klare | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will it all end not with a bang, but with a gusher? The latest oil news out of Iraq offers at least a hint of that country's fate.

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Oil Companies Demand More Money To Accept Iraq Bids

AP | Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their...

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BP Group Wins Iraq Oil Contract

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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An oil consortium led by British Petroleum has won a contract to develop a large oil field in Iraq, as dozens of international firms compete for the r...

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Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts

New York Times | ANDREW E. KRAMER and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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An Iraqi plan to award six no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, which came under sharp criticism from several United States senators this summer...

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Iraq Names 35 Companies "Qualified" To Bid For Oil Contracts

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of...

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U.S. Helped Western Companies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil

NY Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and fiv...

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