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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)
Mar 28, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: March 26, 2013

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

Mar 28, 2013

Kirkuk deputy gov survives bombing

Rakan Saeed al-Jibouri, the deputy governor of Kirkuk province, was targeted with a roadside bomb in Riyadh, south of Kirkuk city, in an attack that injured some of his bodyguards.

Mar 28, 2013

Missan targets 300k bpd in ’13

The Missan Oil Company is planning to increase oil production by 60,000 to 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2013, to reach 300,000 bpd of production.

Mar 28, 2013

Basra Gas Company begins April 15

Iraq's new joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell to capture flared gas in Basra will start formal operations next month, processing 400 million cubic feet per day.

Mar 10, 2013

Farmers vexed by low land compensation

Farmers in Dhi Qar province have formally complained that they have received inadequate compensation when oil operators have come to work on their land.

Mar 10, 2013

Funding boost for Fao port

Improvements to Iraq's major port at Fao in Basra province have received a funding allocation boost after the passage of the 2013 federal budget.

Mar 5, 2013

Missan opens new breed of gas station

With ambitions of cutting out corruption and smuggling, Missan governorate has opened its first modern smart-card petrol station in the provincial capital of Amara.

Mar 5, 2013

Diyala rejects new oil products official

Diyala's administration has rejected the appointment of a new oil products director in the province, branding the move an illegitimate encroachment on provincial powers.