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UPDATED – Oil, Gas News …
http://www.iraqenergyexpo.com/

Doura Oil Refinery – Movie Clip
http://www.iraqenergyexpo.com/Video/Aliveinbaghdad-RefiningOilInTheDouraDistrict140.wmv


Al-Zubaidi: No fears of the impact on Iraqi Economy due to lower global oil prices
Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [2/2/2009]
http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=8319

UPDATE 2-Iraq slashes 2009 budget to $62 bln
2009-01-25 16:11:41 GMT (Reuters)
http://www.forexpros.com/news/commodities-&-futures-news/update-2-iraq-slashes-2009-budget-to-$62-bln---e-23331

Iraq slashes 2009 budget as oil prices fall
Reuters, Sunday January 25 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8321964

The Ministry of Oil is Calling the British and Italian Companies to Invest in Iraq
08 January 2009
http://www.iraqupdates.com/index2.php/scat/1

Iraq Press Roundup
Friday, January 2, 2009
http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/07/24/iraq_press_roundup/7225/

NEW YEAR … 2009

The unapproved draft of oil and gas is impeding the foreign companies from investing in Iraq
Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [12/24/2008]
http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=7818

Security Council: SC/9556 … 22 December 2008
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO EXTEND ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS
FROM IRAQ’S OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, GAS INTO DEVELOPMENT FUND
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/sc9556.doc.htm

Falling oil prices squeeze Iraq budget
Originally published Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008528984_iraqoil17.html?syndication=rss

Shahristani pitches Iraq\'s big oil plans to global oil firms
2008-12-10
http://www.iraqenergyexpo.com/story_detail_exhibitors.php?id=4883&language=&news_type=

IRAQ: Low oil prices could affect government aid to IDPs
Friday 05 December 2008
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81811

Iraq Cuts `09 Budget Spending After Oil Price Fall
Published: October 30, 2008 14:07h
http://www.javno.com/en/economy/clanak.php?id=198053

Baghdad and Kurds edge closer to oil pact
December 4 2008 19:20
Keeping Iraqi gas stations legitimate is a full-time job
Iraqi security forces, GIs monitor fuel for corruption, theft
Mideast edition, Monday, September 1, 2008
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57126

FACTBOX-Energy, tourism, farming focus in Iraq's Kurdistan
31 Aug 2008 00:04:32 GMT
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT48181.htm

Iraq oil minister sees possible oil oversupply
Article layout:
WARSAW, Aug 21 (Reuters)
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=31633211

Iraq resumes oil exploration
Dan Graeber on August 10, 2008 in Uncategorized
http://www.iraqoilreport.com/2008/08/10/iraq-resumes-oil-exploration/

Iraq, Syria to boost trade exchange to $1 billion
Azzaman, August 7, 2008
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-08-07%5Ckurd.htm

Iraqi parliament sets special session
Published: Jul 31, 2008 12:30 AM Modified: Jul 31, 2008 06:56 AM
http://www.newsobserver.com/505/story/1159952.html

Iraq's Budget Surplus Could Top $79 Billion on High Oil Prices
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398464,00.html

Iraq Issues Tenders To Drill 11 Oil, Gas Wells – Ministry
Dow Jones Newswires: 08-04-081212ET
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080804%5cACQDJON200808041212DOWJONESDJONLINE000286.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Iraq%20Issues%20Tenders%20To%20Drill%2011%20Oil,%20Gas%20Wells%20-%20Ministry

Iraq's oil output is highest since invasion, U.S. auditor says
BLOOMBERG NEWS
Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 12:28 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/29/2008-07-29_iraqs_oil_output_is_highest_since_invasi-2.html

Iraq's Rebuilding Planned at Nearly $120 Billion
Iraqis Planning to Spend Nearly $120 Billion for Their Own Rebuilding
By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON July 30, 2008 (AP)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5477155

Iraqi Oil Photos:
Published: July 24, 2008
http://media.ft.com/cms/88df8636-0395-11dc-a931-000b5df10621.swf

50 square-kilometer "Gas City" to be built in northern Iraq
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080729%5cACQRTT200807291422RTTRADERUSEQUITY_1077.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=50%20square-kilometer

Jordan seeks $6.1 bln for railway project
www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-27 15:14:20 Print
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/27/content_8781038.htm

Oil exports from Northern Iraq rise sharply..............
Source: BI-ME and agencies , Author: BI-ME staff
Posted: 27-07-2008 Back Email Print RSS Feeds

IRAQ. An American agency monitoring reconstruction in Iraq said on Friday that oil exports through Iraq’s Northern pipeline rose more than tenfold over the past year, citing a sharp drop in attacks on the pipeline and new infrastructure built to protect it.
The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said in a report that there had been no insurgent attacks on the pipeline, which exports crude oil from Northern Iraq to Turkey, since the American infrastructure project began last July.
The work at the Kirkuk to Baiji Pipeline exclusion zone, phase 3, is partially funded by USAID's Economic Support Fund for Iraq.
As a result, crude oil exports from Iraq’s North rose from an average of 1 million barrels a month to more than 13 million, the report said. Nearly all of the Iraqi government’s revenue comes from oil exports, so the increased flow has direct implications for the Iraqi people. The increased exports were worth US$8 billion, the report said.
To protect the pipeline, berms, fences and guardhouses were built, and American soldiers patrol its 60-mile length. Iraqi guards monitor its perimeter. Iraq’s government has promised to commit almost 800 Iraqi soldiers to take over for the American patrols.
Ginger Cruz, the Deputy Inspector General, said the overall decline in violence in Iraq had helped account for the US$34 million project’s success. The rise in oil exports marked a sharp turnaround from earlier years, when Sunni Arab insurgents staged relentless attacks on the pipeline, often stopping the flow of oil.
The supply of crude oil has been flowing to the key Northern Baiji refinery, which has helped increase the production of electricity, the report said.

SPECIAL REPORT: What Do High Oil Prices Mean for Iraq's Future?
By DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS (Special to the Middle East Times)
http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/07/28/special_report_what_do_high_oil_prices_mean_for_iraqs_future/7411/

Occidental Sees Bidding For Iraqi Oil Fields Later This Year
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/occidental-sees-bidding-iraqi-oil-fields-later-year/

A New Era from Iraq’s Oil:
http://media.ft.com/cms/88df8636-0395-11dc-a931-000b5df10621.swf

Comparative Analysis of Ministry of Oil and Kurdistan fiscal terms as applied to the Kurdistan Region - Pedro van Meurs
June 15, 2008
http://www.krg.org/grafik/uploaded/Comparative-Analysis__2008_06_30_h13m28s23.pdf

Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back June 19, 2008
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP — the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company — along with Chevron
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html?_r=3&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

First Iraqi oil tanker in 27 years
(18/12/07)
http://www.iraqdevelopmentprogram.org/idp/news/new1835.htm