Iraq Oil Contracts

Peter Galbraith, American Adviser To Kurds, Stands To Reap Huge Oil Profits

nytimes.com | JAMES GLANZ and WALTER GIBBS | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


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...

Iraq Struggles To Attract Foreign Oil Investors

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


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...

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

Michael T. Klare | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


Michael T. Klare

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.

Iraqi Oil: Companies Demand More Money To Accept Bids

AP | Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press Writer | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


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...

BP And China's CNPC Win Iraq Oil Contract

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


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...

Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts

New York Times | ANDREW E. KRAMER and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics


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...

U.S. Helped Western Companies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil

NY Times | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


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...

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

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


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