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Analysis: Fog settles over Iraq oil law

7/6/2007 By Ben Lando UPI Energy Correspondent Published July 6, 2007 It looks like a whirlwind of activity in Iraq as politicians seemingly make progress on key legislation governing the world's third largest proven oil reserves. As the dust settles, however, a look into the eye of the Iraq hydrocarbons law storm this week shows that not everyone considers the action a step forward.
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Iraq moves to regulate oil industry

7/4/2007 Wednesday, July 4, 2007   By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA ASSOCIATED PRESS   BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Cabinet signed off Tuesday on a revised bill to regulate the country's oil industry and sent it to parliament -- a major step in reaching a long-delayed benchmark sought by the U.S. to promote reconciliation between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites.
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Iraq takes step closer to landmark oil law

7/3/07 - 5:54 PM By Alister Bull and Dean Yates BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet approved changes to a draft hydrocarbon law on Tuesday and sent it to parliament for immediate debate, taking a big step towards meeting a key political target set by the United States.
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Iraq Cabinet approves draft of oil law

7/3/2007 Tue Jul 3, 6:10 AM ET Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet has approved a draft of a key oil law, and the Iraqi parliament was expected to begin debate on the measure Wednesday, an official said.
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Iraq takes step closer to landmark oil law

7/3/2007 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet approved changes to a draft hydrocarbon law on Tuesday and sent it to parliament for immediate debate, taking a big step towards meeting a key political target set by the United States.
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Breakthrough in Iraq oil standoff

7/3/07 Iraq's cabinet has approved a draft oil law which aims to equitably share revenues from its oil revenues among the country's ethnic groups.
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Kurdish Oil Riches Lure Wildcatters Unswayed by Deaths in Iraq

7/3/07
By Kambiz Foroohar
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- A few miles outside the village of Tawke in northeastern Iraq, black smoke billows over the green hills as a 100-foot fire rages unchecked.
Najman Yousef, a former Kurdish guerrilla, inspects the scene. This blaze, unlike the attacks roiling the rest of Iraq, is a positive sign: It's burning the excess oil gushing from one of the first wells drilled since the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein four years ago.

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Iraq raises petrol prices

7/3/07 BAGHDAD: Iraq has increased official petrol prices by around 15 per cent, an Iraqi official said yesterday, delivering the second hike this year to keep promises made to the International Monetary Fund.
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Problems for the Iraqi Oil Industry

7/2/2007

Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 2, 2007; A17

Among the political benchmarks the Bush administration has embraced to chart progress in Iraq, approval by the Iraqi parliament of a hydrocarbon law looms large. Oil provides 95 percent of Iraq's national income, making the recovery of the country's oil sector critical to reducing the United States' military and economic burden.

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Iraq draws up plans for privatisation gold rush

7/2/07 By Helen Power, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:49am BST 05/07/2007 The Iraqi government has begun preparing the groundwork for what could be one of the biggest privatisations of state-owned assets.
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Kurds woo investors as Iraq knocks at the door

7/1/07 Northern Iraq's relatively stable Kurdish region is trying to attract oil prospectors and investors instead of insurgents in an ambitious bid to rival commercial hotspots like Dubai.
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