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      <title>Haditha refinery on stream again (Azzaman)</title>
      <description>The refinery in the once restive and violent city of Haditha is working once again.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34238</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Dana Gas : The production of natural gas from Koruml field will start next month (Iraq Directory)</title>
      <description>A petroleum expert and investor Hamid Jafar Dhia, clarified on Saturday, the two companies (Dana Gas) and (Al Hilal Petroleum) would start from early next month of August natural gas production from the field of Kormul in Sulaymaniyah, an initial quantity...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34234</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Dana Gas project nears completion (Kurdish Globe)</title>
      <description>A project to supply, process, and transport natural gas to Kurdistan Region for much-needed and more affordable electricity is rapidly progressing.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34231</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Progress Looks Promising on Mesopotamia, Iraq Drilling JV (Rigzone)</title>
      <description>Midmar Energy Ltd. confirmed that, further to recent media articles, its associate company, Mesopotamia Petroleum Company, is in the advanced stages of discussion regarding the establishment of a joint venture with the Iraq Government owned Iraq Drilling...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34185</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil Industry eyes Iraq Investment with Caution (Reuters)</title>
      <description>The oil industry is cautious about Iraq's decision to offer foreign companies long-term contracts to develop its largest producing fields, with any windfalls seen as distant and likely to go to a select few firms.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34153</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Appointment of Richard Malcolm as Chief Executive Officer (AME Info FZ LLC)</title>
      <description>Gulfsands Petroleum plc, the oil and gas production, exploration and development company with activities in Syria, Iraq and the USA, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Richard Malcolm as Chief Executive Officer.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/34121</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>T-3 Energy Enters into Middle East JV (Rigzone)</title>
      <description>T-3 Energy Services, Inc. has entered into a joint venture arrangement to be effective September 1, 2008, or such earlier date as agreed to by the parties, with Aswan International Engineering Company LLC.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33781</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraqi MP Dr Mahmoud Othman misquoted by press on oil contracts (KRG)</title>
      <description>Dr Mahmoud Othman, MP of the Kurdistan block in the Federal Parliament in Baghdad, has denied statements attributed to him by the press saying that the KRG's oil contracts are illegal.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33779</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Attack on Iran Would Push Oil Over Edge, OPEC Says (International Herald Tribune)</title>
      <description>The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries warned Thursday that oil prices would see an &#34;unlimited&#34; increase in the case of a military conflict involving Iran, because the group's members would be unable to make up the lost...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33731</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq will organize a major energy conference in October (Iraq Directory)</title>
      <description>Iraqi Ministry of Oil declared on Wednesday that Iraq will organize a major conference on oil and gas in October to allow foreign oil companies to find better prospects for the energy sector in the country.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33739</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>2 New Refinery Deals Close (Associated Press)</title>
      <description>Iraq's Oil Ministry said Thursday that it is close to signing contracts to build two new oil refineries in southern Iraq.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33632</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Developing Nassiriyia Oil field (Al-Sabaah)</title>
      <description>The engineering and technical cadres in Southern Oil Company are continuing their works to develop al-Nassiriyia Oil field within investment plan of Oil Ministry with cost reaches $12 millions.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33585</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Kurdish official doubts 'legality' of oil deals (Azzaman)</title>
      <description>The oil deals the Kurdish regional government and the central government in Baghdad are signing are illegal, according to a top Kurdish politician and legislator.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33548</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Iraqi Oil Ministry's New Fave Five (Middle East Online)</title>
      <description>On June 19th, the New York Times broke the story in an article headlined &#34;Deals with Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back: Rare No-Bid Contracts, A Foothold for Western Companies Seeking Future Rewards.&#34; Finally, after a long five years-plus,...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33542</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq's oil exports decline in June from the highest level since the war (Iraq Directory)</title>
      <description>Navigational data was collected by Reuters showed on Friday that Iraqi oil exports declined in last June from the highest level since the war because of bad weather led to the suspension of exports from the south of the country.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33540</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Addax Hoping for a Double at Cameroon Wells (Addax Petroleum)</title>
      <description>Addax Petroleum Corporation announced the initial results of its Cameroon exploration campaign where the Corporation has recently completed drilling its first exploration wells in the Ngosso and Iroko license areas. As part of the campaign, Addax Petroleum...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33537</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil confirms maintaining works in export ports (Al-Sabaah)</title>
      <description>Cadres of Oil Ministry have undertaken the implementation of the special plan to dig a number of new oil wells, as well as reforming another number of wells.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33526</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraqi - Kuawiti negotiations regarding mutual oil wells (Iraq Directory)</title>
      <description>Informed sources revealed the existence of Iraqi negotiations - to discuss the Kuwaiti oil fields shared between the two countries and find solutions for the problems, Assuring that Iraq is losing 1600 barrels of oil per day, due to transferring them...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33424</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Bahr Al Aloom: The Iraqi infrastructure is the worst among the oil producing countries (Iraq Directory)</title>
      <description>The former Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr Al-Aloom declared that the infrastructure of the Iraqi oil sector is the worst ever among the oil producing countries and is not commensurate with the potential of Iraq's oil.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33423</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>No agreement on oil law (Kurdish Globe)</title>
      <description>Even as KRG and Baghdad fail to reach an agreement regarding KRG's oil contracts, KRG and South Korea sign a new oil contract.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33315</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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