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Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq slashes production plan, but doubts remain

Iraq has formally lowered its controversial oil production target by one quarter, apparently recognizing it was way too ambitious. But industry analysts say that even the scaled-down plan may still be beyond Baghdad's reach because of shale oil.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq sets oil bar too high, lawmaker says

Iraq won't be able to meet oil production targets next year in part because of government bureaucracy, a lawmaker said from Dubai.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Head of first oil summit in Baghdad eyes future

In the past few years, Iraq's oil and gas sector has been featured in numerous conferences aimed at linking top government officials with the global energy industry, all of which have taken place outside Iraq.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq, China oil deal talks progress

The governor of Iraq's Wasit province says he renegotiated a Saddam-era oil deal with the China National Petroleum Corp.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq oil law talks not taking place now

Negotiations are not taking place in Baghdad on the controversial oil law and other oil disputes, contrary to previous news accounts.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Kurds in Baghdad for new oil talks

Iraq's Kurdish oil leaders are in Baghdad to clear an impasse over oil control, though the national oil minister is reportedly not in town.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq draft oil law becoming irrelevant

Iraq's Kurds want to focus on reviving the country's oil law, but high-profile talks during a U.S. visit haven't forced progress as they hoped.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Interview: KRG minister on Iraq oil beef

Iraqi Kurdistan's oil minister, Ashti Hawrami, begins his U.S. tour of political and business leaders from Washington to Texas a hot item with international oil companies, but with icy relations with his counterpart in Baghdad.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq fuel in hands of militias

Iraq’s fuel is coming under the control of politically connected militias as corruption seeps into the country’s oil sector.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Interview: Top Iraq oilman Thamir Ghadhban

Thamir Ghadhban has served in several political and technical capacities in Iraq’s oil sector. He’s been oil minister twice since 2003, has sat as a politician crafting Iraq’s constitution and is now Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s top energy adviser.

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As far as the contracts signed by the KRG, before and after the fall of the regime, they have also to review them, amend them and present them to the council and the office of independent advisor's decisions will be final
Saddam, KRG oil deals will stand Jul 02, 2007

China is very important to us because we know that they have rising demand for oil and southeast Asia is very important to Iraq as a market, now and for the future
Saddam, KRG oil deals will stand Jul 02, 2007

Thamir Ghadhban (Arabic: ثامر غضبان‎) (Karbala, 1945) is an Iraqi bureaucrat and politician, specialising in the oil industry. After the war in 2003 he became Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Oil, and in mid of the following year he served as Interim Oil Minister in the interim government headed by interim prime minister Iyad Allawi. In 2005 he became a Parliament member and the head of one of the six committees in charge of writing chapter four: Powers of the Federal Authorities in the permanent constitution . In late April 2006, there was strong speculation that he would again be appointed Minister of Oil, this time by the government of Nuri al-Maliki. Currently he is the Chairman of the prime minister's advisors committeeand one of three technocrats to draft Iraq's much debated oil law, which is still waiting to be approved by the parliament.

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