DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Two of Iraq’s many needs right now are more electricity and more investment. A law currently being drafted would satisfy both, paving the way for foreign and domestic private companies to build power plants, a step toward fully privatizing the entire electricity sector.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A top Iraqi Parliamentarian said the Iraqi Kurdistan approval of a regional oil law set back the debate over a federal law.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. pressure on Iraq's government to pass an oil law as one of 18 benchmarks didn’t help and the law isn't ready to pass now, a top Parliamentarian said.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The question is simple enough on the third and final day of a major Iraq energy conference where hundreds of hungry oil men and women broke bread with Iraq’s industry chiefs, politicians and technocrats: when will Baghdad set the ground rules for the international oil community’s long-awaited venture into the largest oil prize on earth?