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Baghdad court rejects Oil Ministry effort to invalidate KRG oil contracts

The Karkh Court of Appeals has denied an Oil Ministry appeal and reversed a series of 2022 rulings that declared several KRG oil contracts void.

Workers measure the pressure at the Central Processing Facility at the Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan in August 2012. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)
May 3, 2013

Kurdistan parliament sets payday ultimatum

Frustrated by the latest federal budget and with new pipeline infrastructure in development, the Kurdistan region is preparing to tell Baghdad: pay us or we will get paid ourselves.

May 2, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: May 2, 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.

Apr 24, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: April 23, 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.

Apr 16, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: April 16, 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.

Apr 10, 2013

Conflict over Kurdistan oil transparency

Political disputes between Erbil and Baghdad have clouded a promising transparency initiative meant to protect Iraq's oil sector from mismanagement and corruption.

Apr 9, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: April 9, 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.

Apr 7, 2013

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: April 7, 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.