Iraq Oil

Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split Iraq

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.24.2012

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Kurdish leaders in the north aim to defy Baghdad by exporting oil to Turkey through a new pipeline. Given simmering acrimony between the Kurdish government and Baghdad, that pipeline may be the tether that formally pulls Iraq in two.

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Iraqi Oil Hub Wants More Autonomy

Reuters | Posted 02.04.2012

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By Rania El Gamal BASRA, Iraq, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Officials in Iraq's southern oil hub Basra are trying to cancel a $17 billion Shell ...

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Who Really Controls Iraq's Oil Industry?

NY Times | Posted 08.17.2011

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MOSCOW — When Iraq auctioned rights to rebuild and expand its oil industry two years ago, the Russian company Lukoil won a hefty portion — a field...

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Last Minute Oil Lobby Contributions To House Members Yield Results

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the month leading up to an early May vote over whether to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and open the coastal waters of V...

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More U.S. Oil Drilling Won't Lower Gas Prices, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans used the politically potent argument about the cost of gas Thursday to pass a bill expanding offshore oil and gas exploratio...

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Oil-Soaked Politics: Secret U.K. Docs on Iraq

Thomas Ferguson | Posted 06.19.2011

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The Independent, one of Britain's leading newspapers, broke a story that buries forever all claims that the US and the UK did not have oil on their minds as they prepared to invade Iraq.

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It's Cheaper to Invade Canada

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.25.2011

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OK, so the Iraqi thing hasn't worked out so well. We should now double down on the oil war strategy, but this time go after another big pool of goo that isn't so expensive

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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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Iraqi Oil Production: Industry Hopes To Profit From Increased Iraqi Output

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Oil industry leaders believe Iraq's resurgence as a major producer will change the face of the world's energy market, but they warn tha...

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Billionaire Texan Helps Divvy Up Iraq's Oil, Now Admits It's the Bush Legacy

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are oil interests now Iraq's fourth stakeholder group, and wasn't that always the objective? Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan certainly thinks so.

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Peter Galbraith, American Adviser To Kurds, Stands To Reap Oil Wealth

The New York Times | James Glanz and Walter Gibbs | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Shell Wins Rights To Iraq's Giant Manjoon Oil Fields

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN and TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials cheered and clapped as the first oil field up for bid went to a major international consortium at the opening of the c...

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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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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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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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Colonizing Iraq: The Obama Doctrine?

Michael Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's policy is to reduce the U.S. military "footprint" in Iraq. The administration is opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push.

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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's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

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The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30th "National Sovereignty Day." This is U.S.-style Hallmark hype and will remain so until every last occupation soldier leaves Iraqi soil.

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Iraq Set To Seek Bids From Foreign Oil Companies

washingtonpost.com | Ernesto LondoñO and K.I. Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraq is poised to open its coveted oil fields to foreign companies this week for the first time in nearly four decades, a politically risky move in a ...

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Iraqi Military Faces New Threat: Lower Oil Prices

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the...

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Exxon Aims For Big Role In Iraq's Oil Sector

Reuters | Luke Pachymuthu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exxon Mobil Corp is in constant dialogue with Baghdad to create the investment climate that would allow it to become a significant player in Iraq's en...

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Global Financial Crisis Threatens Stability In Iraq

New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and JAMES GLANZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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In few nations around the globe are the consequences of the financial crisis as potentially sobering as they are in Iraq. Both oil revenues and Americ...

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Iraq Signs Billion-Dollar Power Deals With GE, Siemens

Reuters | Simon Webb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraq has signed preliminary deals worth billions of dollars with General Electric Co and Siemens for equipment to almost double electricity generation...

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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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Shell And Iraq Government Agree On Landmark $4 Billion Deal

Financial Times | Ed Crooks and Roula Khalaf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Royal Dutch Shell is to become the first western oil company to sign a deal with the Iraqi government since the US-led invasion of 2003, agreeing a pl...

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