APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from March 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from March 2007

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 13 - Iraq's Petroleum Law.
March 19, 2007... Iraq's Council of Representatives (parliament) is expected to consider a draft law for the petroleum sector approved on Feb. 26 by the cabinet. But nationalist Iraqi politicians and ex-ministers are against the draft, fearing the country's...

IRAQ - Why Nationalists' Suspicions.(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... There have been many reasons for Iraqi nationalists, and their Arab counterparts, to be suspicious of US/Western motives behind calls by liberal planners for Iraq's petroleum sector to be opened up for IOC investment. One of these is what a...

IRAQ - The Draft Law.
March 19, 2007... The legislation tabled for Iraq's parliament to debate from this month has been left partly vague, avoiding key issues, because of the suspicions of the nationalists. According to a highly placed APS source in Baghdad, key areas have been kept...

IRAQ - Awaiting Passage.
March 19, 2007... Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani on March 15 said Baghdad was awaiting passage of the petroleum law through parliament before end-May. He said almost all IOCs had indicated "interest to come and work in Iraq; we have MoUs with almost...

IRAQ - Turkish Role.
March 19, 2007... Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler was on March 8 quoted as saying IOCs were contacting the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corp (TPAO) about exploration in northern Iraq. He said TPAO will soon evaluate the proposals. But what stood in the way...

IRAQ - Trade With Iran.
March 19, 2007... While the US works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the window sills of kitchens in Najaf and white Iranian-made Peugeots sit in Iraqi driveways. Some Iraqi...

IRAQ - More US Troops for Iraq & Afghanistan.
March 19, 2007... President George W. Bush is to send 8,200 more US troops to Iraq and Afghanistan - a move which will cost $3.2 bn. The Pentagon will send a brigade of 3,500 troops to Afghanistan to focus on training Afghan security forces. The move comes on...

IRAQ - Lull In Sectarian Violence.
March 19, 2007... The US troop surge in Baghdad, a last-ditch effort to stabilise Iraq four years after the US invasion, appears to have brought down the death toll, at least in the capital. But the government has so far been slow to match this security...