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| Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil.
by Tom Doggett, Reuters
October 22nd, 2009
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are "entitled" to some of Iraq's crude because of the large number of American troops that lost their lives fighting in the country and the U.S. taxpayer money spent. |
| Oil Troubles Wont Last Forever.
by Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report
October 21st, 2009
Disputes over how to manage Iraq’s oil sector, and who gets to call the shots, have plateaued at a tense level for the past three years, but the top oil adviser to Iraq’s prime minister is optimistic agreements will be made after January’s national elections. |
| Iraq Eyes Gas Exports amid Project Talk Frenzy.
by Samuel Ciszuk, Petroleumworld
October 21st, 2009
Buoyed by the vast oil projects making negotiation headway this week, Iraq is eyeing gas exports to Turkey and possibly beyond, while revelations over oil deals continue to cast a shadow over Iraqi Kurdistan's autonomous institutions. |
| Big companies getting closer to big Iraq oil fields.
by Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report
October 20th, 2009
A half dozen major international oil companies are close to deals with Iraq, on the heels of BP and the Chinese National Petroleum Corp., which are one step away from receiving the first new oil contract issued by Baghdad – for the largest oil field in the country. |
| Meetings move Iraq closer to next oil field auction.
by Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report
October 20th, 2009
Representatives from 44 of the world’s largest oil companies have concluded two-day meetings here with the Iraqi Oil Ministry, hashing out a rough draft of the contract on which the companies will base their bids for 10 oil projects in December. |
| Iraqis Protest Poor Public Services.
Associated Press
October 10th, 2009
Hundreds took to the streets Saturday throughout Iraq to demand open elections and improved public services, revealing discontent among Iraqis that is overshadowing concerns about the ability of Iraqi forces to take over from withdrawing U.S. troops. |
| Major Flaws Emerge in Chevron Bribery Story.
by Amazon Defense Coalition, Press Release
September 3rd, 2009
New Scrutiny of Chevron's Own Conduct In Possible "Dirty Tricks" Operation. Oil Giant Hiding Witnesses; DOJ Pressed to Investigate Role of Chevron Legal Team;
Company Refusing to Turn Over Evidence. |
| Chevron Offers Evidence of Bribery Scheme in Ecuador Lawsuit
by SIMON ROMERO and CLIFFORD KRAUSS, New York Times
September 1st, 2009
The oil giant Chevron said Monday that it had obtained video recordings of meetings in Ecuador this year that appear to reveal a bribery scheme connected to a $27 billion lawsuit the company faces over environmental damage at oil fields it operated in remote areas of the Amazon forest in Ecuador. |
| Iraq to Hold Second Oil Bid-Round by Mid-December.
by Firat Kayakiran and Ayesha Daya, Bloomberg News
August 25th, 2009
Iraq, which pre-qualified about 45 companies to bid on oil projects, plans to award contracts for the six partly developed and four undeveloped fields offered in its second licensing round by mid-December. |
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