Topic: Assem Jihad
Iraq's oil ministry on Monday completed a major deal with US major Exxon Mobil and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell to develop production at West Qurna-1, the war-torn country's second biggest field. "The oil ministry signed the contract for West Qurna-1 with ...
Oil exports from northern Iraq have been halted by sabotage to the pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Sunday. Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
A crude oil pipeline in northern Iraq was damaged by attempted sabotage earlier this week, an oil ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.The pipeline was isolated after the incident, but production and exports were not affected because it carried crude to a ...
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani is expected to be summoned before parliament soon to face a grilling for failing to boost crude exports from the oil-rich nation, MPs said on Tuesday.Lawmakers have gathered 140 signatures, more than enough for Shahristani to ...
Iraqi government OKs crude oil export from self-ruled Kurdish regionAn Iraqi oil official says Iraq's central government has approved Kurdish plans to start exporting crude oil next month.Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told The Associated Press on Sunday that the ...
Iraqi lawmaker sees lower oil prices cutting $15 billion from Iraqi budget next yearAn Iraqi lawmaker said Friday the government expects to cut its budget next year by $15 billion because of falling oil prices.Abbas al-Bayati, a senior lawmaker of the ...
