Topic: Karim Wahid

Iraq could utilize Iranian natural gas for an electricity sector damaged in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the Iranian oil minister said.

Iranian officials struck a deal to transport more than 6,000 barrels of fuel oil to Iraq for its faltering electrical grid, the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran said.

Iraq invites oil and gas bids; Basra oil wells get upgrade; exports down for Iraqi crude; GAO says Iraq should finance its own reconstruction.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with top officials in Tehran during the weekend to discuss Iraqi reconstruction issues, Iranian media reported Monday.

Iraq's Electricity Ministry will purchase helicopters for the security of its infrastructure and to transport technicians and others more quickly.

Iraq's Electricity Ministry is asking Baghdad to give it another $2.6 billion this year to repair and build new power stations.

Iraq's Electricity Ministry delegation is discussing further cooperation with counterparts in Iran, though Baghdad wants projects implemented soon.

U.S. Army Brig. General says the Baghdad electrical grid has nearly doubled the electricity output from a year ago.

Many of Iraq's antiquated power plants have come under control of militias who redirect electricity away from the national grid, Iraq's energy minister said.

Insurgents in Iraq are destroying power transmission towers, reducing Baghdad's electricity supply to 6.6 hours a day, The New York Times reported.