Plus: *Oil from Kirkuk expected to restart soon *National Security chief survives ambush *What's in a flag? *New Baath law reservations *more... Iraq's Kurdish oil leaders are in Baghdad to clear an impasse over oil control, though the national oil minister is reportedly not in town. That could be the point, since some Kurdish leaders […]
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Maliki’s Erbil visit opens door to oil talks
Meeting in Erbil for the first time in almost three years, PM Maliki and KRG President Barzani stress a new atmosphere of cooperation that could renew long-stymied oil policy dialogue.
Ahead of oil talks with Baghdad, KRG proposes new budget framework
As leaders in Erbil and Baghdad prepare for detailed negotiations on long-standing disputes, the KRG is offering to hand over all of its oil exports to the federal government – for a price.
Iraqi and international oil firms’ talks on first post-war deals are moving along …
Plus: *Oil Ministry Shahristani in BBC interview *Iraqi Kurdistan’s Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami vows to sign more deals *OMV rejects Shahristani’s claim, will stick with KRG deal *Kurds threaten to withdraw from government *Iraq’s ambassador to U.S. optimistic on the draft oil law *Shell, Repsol register for oil bids; Exxon wants in too Negotiations between […]
Q&A: Falah Mustafa Bakir
Kurdistan's top ambassador says KRG territory now irreversibly includes the Kirkuk oil field, in a "new reality" of almost total Kurdish independence.
Exxon deal stokes territorial disputes
ExxonMobil risks violent reprisals because its controversial deals with the Kurdistan region are inflaming Iraq's internal territorial disputes, according to Iraqi leaders.
Q&A: Joost Hiltermann
The International Crisis Group's Iraq expert talks about the future of U.S. troops, the gap in security in northern Iraq, and what responsibility is on the shoulders of the country's politicians.