Wikileaks: Hydrocarbon Law

COM SECGEN BLAMES SHAHRISTANI FOR HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION MISHAP (2007) U/S JEFFERY’S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR ON HYDROCARBON LAW (2007) KRG MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION (2007) COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES (COR) OIL AND GAS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, DR. ALI BELU (2007) DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAWS (KICKING OF BUTTS) (2007) COR OIL AND GAS CHAIR EXPLAINS STATUS OF OIL LAW: No First Reading Without Nechirvan’s Approval (2007) WHITHER IRAQI…

Wikileaks: KRG & Contracts

HUNT OIL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH KRG UNDER KRG OIL LAW CANADIAN NIKO SIGNS OIL CONTRACT IN KURDISTAN REGION OMV TO CONTINUE OIL EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN IRAQ DESPITE IRAQI EMBARGO OIL MINISTER ANNULS KRG OIL CONTRACTS KRG LOOKING TO BUY GOODWILL THROUGH OIL EXPORT OIL FOUND AT SEVERAL NEW SITES IN KURDISTAN REGION BAGHDAD-ERBIL OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? MPS OFFER SKEPTICISM AND OLD IDEAS FOR NEXT STEP OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? KRG PUBLISHES TWO CONTRACTS…

KRG Contracts Conundrum

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced earlier this month that the oil ministry approved the two production sharing contracts for the Tawke and Taqtaq fields, signed before the constitution was drafted, for a variety of reasons which to his mind justify the legalization by Baghdad. A day after Mr Maliki was interviewed, the Kurdish Prime Minister Barham Saleh was quoted as saying that “all contracts” signed by the KRG received…