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Al-Ghad is publishing, below, this important document, both in Arabic and English, by the prominent Iraqi oil expert, Mr. Fouad Qasim Al Amir. The document was a paper prepared by Mr. Al Amir, to be read at the Iraqi Oil Seminar, scheduled to be held in Paris on 25 - 27, February 2008.
However, Mr […]

Al-Ghad is pleased to publish a new major study by the prominent Iraqi oil expert Mr. Fouad Qasim Al Amir, written in Arabic. It is our wish to publish an English
translation soon.
Al-Ghad

حكومة اقليم كردستان وقانون النفط والغاز
فؤاد قاسم الأمير
يسر (الغد) أن تنشر هذه الدراسة الهامة للاستاذفؤاد قاسم الأمير، خبير النفط البارز، حول السياسة النفطية التي […]

Sixty Iraqi oil experts, representing a broad political spectrum, sent a letter to the Speaker and Members of Iraqi Parliament and to Dr. H. Shahrastani, Iraqi Minister of Oil. The letter denounced the actions taken by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in signing production sharing agreements, including some outside the territories of the KRG, and […]

In its exclusive report on September 20th, 2007, Al-Ghad disclosed that the, still secret, terms of the deal between the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and Hunt Oil intrudes into disputed regions in the province of Ninevah, which covers the important Jabel Kand Structure.
Reports now add that the deal includes two more structures in the […]

The Federation of Iraqi oil workers unions issued a statement replying to “vicious attacks” by hired writers who came to Iraq with occupiers, and who knew nothing of the difficult situation in the country and the dangerous conditions under which the Oil Workers Union carried the struggle to safeguard the oil installations against destruction and […]

Bush-linked Texas oil company signs major deal with Kurdish Region in disputed areas
The deal between the Bush-linked “Hunt Oil Company” and the Kurdish Regional Government has uncovered a major crisis between the Maliki Government and the US, according to well-informed sources. The sources disclosed to Al-Ghad that the terms of the deal are still secret, […]

Iraqi Oil Workers Unions Call for Strikes and Civil Disobedience to Stop Oil Exports to Defeat the Oil Law. They Call for Support from the Workers of Arab Countries and the World

Translated from Al-Iraqi News
Baghdad
by Mazin Rafi
The Iraq Oil Workers Union threatened to halt the pumping of Iraqi Oil from the port of Al […]

… but the outcome seems to have been decided already.
An important conference was held in Dubai on September 4th, 2007, under the name Dubai-Iraq. The idea is to have the appearance that Oil Law is all but passed. Oilgram News reported that:
“Dubai-Iraq will issue an international licensing round immediately after parliament passes a hydrocarbon law […]

UPI reports:
A top member of the Iraqi prime minister’s party says a law governing oil reserves should be delayed until occupation forces leave the country.
Ali al-Adeeb, a senior member of the Dawa Party and a member of Iraq’s Parliament, also said the Iraq National Oil Co. should take the lead in developing and managing Iraq’s […]

Although reported elsewhere, Al-Ghad is publishing the full text of a letter from the Iraqi Oil Ministry forbidding all dealings with Iraqi unions. This serves as a historical testament of the slide towards to the days of worker repression as practised by the previous regime in Iraq.

No. 25/262/ 12774Date: 18/7/2007
The Ministry of Oil Administration and […]