APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from September 2006

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from September 2006

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 7 - Iraqi Petroleum Legislation.
September 25, 2006... Iraq's draft petroleum law is being debated in the House of Representatives (parliament). But formation of a national oil company (NOC) has been agreed upon. On the sidelines of an OPEC seminar held in Vienna on Sept. 12-13, Iraqi Oil Minister...

IRAQ - Towards A Petro-Democracy.
September 25, 2006... Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, in charge of the country's economy, on Sept. 10 called for partnerships with IOCs to expand Iraq's oil industry, saying Iraq's emergence as a "secure petro-democracy" could quell rampant sectarian...

IRAQ - Kurdistan Is Racing With PSA offers.(Kurdistan Regional Government)
September 25, 2006... However, the KRG in early August published a draft petroleum law and model PSA and has since urged IOCs to begin negotiating E&P deals with its own Ministry Natural Resources. KRG's Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami this week said he was...

IRAQ - The National Energy Committee.(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Formed in late May 2006, the National Energy Committee (NEC) is a cross-party agency in charge of the petroleum sector as well as other matters pertaining to energy. The NEC is headed by Deputy PM Saleh (see above). But the Baghdad Oil...

IRAQ - Federalism.
September 25, 2006... The political scene in Iraq now is dominated by discussions on the concept of federalism. Those insisting on immediate application of federalism are the Kurdish parties in the north who recently merged into one government, the KRG. Also...

IRAQ - Bracing For Ramadan Violence.(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Neo-Salafi suicide bombers and other Sunnis on Sept. 18 killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens across Iraq as the government prepared to tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, when violence has risen in recent years. Two...

IRAQ - More Provinces Under Iraqi Control.
September 25, 2006... On Sept. 18, the Iraqi Army's 4th division came under Iraqi control in central Salahuddin province north of Baghdad. It was the second of Iraq's 10 divisions to come under direct Iraqi control since Sept. 7, when coalition forces handed over...

IRAQ - Maliki's Effectiveness Questioned.
September 25, 2006... Senior Iraqi and US officials have begun to question whether Maliki has the political muscle and decisiveness to hold Iraq together as it hovers on the edge of a full civil war. Four months into his tenure, he has failed to take aggressive...

IRAQ - Tribes To Battle Neo-Salafis.
September 25, 2006... Tribes from the Sunni-dominated Anbar province have agreed to join forces and fight al-Qaeda insurgents and other foreign-backed "terrorists". These groups follow the very fanatic Neo-Salafi order of Sunnism. The New York Times on Sept. 17...

IRAQ - Towards US-Iran Dialogue.
September 25, 2006... Former secretary of state James Baker, a legendary fixer for the Bush family, on Sept. 19 said the White House had cleared him to meet with a "high representative" of the Iranian government. Baker, who co-chairs a bipartisan and congressionally...

IRAQ - Maliki In Tehran.
September 25, 2006... PM Maliki's recent two-day state visit to Iran was an occasion for sealing oil deals. It also marked the Iraqi PM's return to the country where he spent part of his exile during the reign of Saddam. But above all, Maliki's trip underlined the...

IRAQ - Neighbours Back Iraq's Security.
September 25, 2006... Meeting in Jeddah, interior ministers of Iraq's neighbours on Sept. 18 pledged help to restore the war-torn country's stability and exchange information to combat terrorism. A communique said: "The conference decided to enhance co-operation and...

IRAQ - The Arab System & Its Failing.
September 25, 2006... The following are extracts from an article by Khalil al-Anani, a political analyst for al-Siyasa al-Dawliya magazine published by al-Ahram and carried on Sept. 19 by Arab News: "When Iraq was invaded analysts deplored the lack of cohesion in...