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Oil workers rally for shift change, against DG

Workers from the state-run South Oil Company (SOC) are demanding improved working conditions, including a change in shift hours, and are calling for the resignation of the company's director general if the demands go unmet.

Workers at the South Oil Company rally outside company headquarters in Basra on March 10, 2015. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
Oct 24, 2013

Karbala refinery on track

An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the $4 billion Karbala refinery will be signed by the beginning of 2014, part of a revived effort by Baghdad to boost its neglected refining sector.

Oct 23, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Oct. 22, 2013

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.

Oct 22, 2013

Southern oil exports recover

Oil flow through Iraq's Basra Gulf export terminals is back to normal capacity following a month-long infrastructure installation operation that caused exports to be cut by 30 percent.

Oct 22, 2013

Mine clearance wrapping up in Block 10

Iraq has nearly completed a project to clear mines and other unexploded ordnance from an exploration block contracted to Lukoil and Japan's Inpex.

Oct 18, 2013

Iraq creating new state oil firms

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has given his support to the formal establishment of the Dhi Qar Oil Company, one of many new state firms to be established over the coming year.

Sep 29, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Sept. 24, 2013

Beyond the Headlines features a translation of the Cabinet's decisions, which have been made public in Arabic by the media office of the Council of Ministers.

Aug 29, 2013

Wasit, Dhi Qar push for state oil company status

With oil production increasing after years of neglect in their natural resources, Dhi Qar and Wasit provinces are looking to enshrine their new status in Iraq's oil-dependent economy by creating their own provincial state oil companies.

Aug 27, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Aug. 27, 2013

Beyond the Headlines features a raw translation of Cabinet decisions, as made public in Arabic by the media office of the Council of Ministers.

Aug 17, 2013

Export pipeline bombed again

The Iraq-Turkey Pipeline was bombed south of Mosul Friday evening, the latest in a series of attacks that have basically shut down Iraq's second of two oil export routes.