Iraq: Govt plays hardball over oil contracts : INDEPENDENT: By Patrick Cockburn .BAGHDAD - Iraq is locked in a struggle with the world's largest oil companies over contracts that would see "Big Oil" return to the Iraqi oilfields for the first time in almost 40 years.
2009-07-03
Iraq stands firm, rejects foreign oil deals: AFP: Iraq on Wednesday said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms. Skip related content
2009-07-02
Flop to some Iraq oil sale may be victory to others: By Suadad al-Salhy and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, July 1 (Reuters) - To oil executives, Iraq's first auction of energy contracts since the U.S. invasion was a giant flop. To Iraqis, basking in a renewed sense of sovereignty and nationalism, it may turn out l
2009-07-02
Iraq Moves Up Next Round of Bidding for Oil Fields: BAGHDAD --online.wsj.com, The Iraqi oil ministry announced it will move up a second round of licensing bids for 11 oil and natural-gas fields that was to be held at the end of this year.
2009-07-01
Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila: BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi government has approved an offer submitted by a consortium led by British giant BP PLC to develop the 17.8 billion barrel Rumaila oil field in the south.
2009-07-01
On Day of Auctions to Develop Fields, the Country Strikes Just One Deal: BAGHDAD, June 29 -- Iraq's effort to woo foreign energy companies to help resurrect its ailing oil fields fell flat Tuesday, as most companies balked at the financial terms offered by the government despite the lure of the country's vast reserves.
2009-07-01
Iraq asks oil firms to resubmits bids for fields: BAGHDAD, June 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's oil minister on Tuesday asked international oil firms bidding for oil contracts to reconsider their proposals for fields the Oil Ministry had yet to strike deals on.
2009-06-30
Iraq's Zubair field draws 4 bids: (AP:BAGHDAD) Iraq's oil minister said Tuesday four groups of international oil firms have submitted bids to develop Iraq's 4.1 billion barrel Zubair oil field, while only one bid has been received for another cluster of three fields with over 2.6 billion
2009-06-30
Baghdad preparing to bid on multibillion-dollar oil and gas deals Tuesday: By Hassan Hafidh Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BAGHDAD (Dow Jones)--International oil companies, seeking stakes in the world's most lucrative oil and gas industry, are in Baghdad preparing to bid on a series of multibillion-dollar oil and gas deals Tues
2009-06-30
Iraqi oil licensing round started with awarding BP huger Rumaila field: By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press Writer (AP:BAGHDAD) Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their heals, demanding more money for their efforts than the govern
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