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IRAQ: President in favour of France's Total working in its oilfields
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris Wednesday that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields. A senior Total executive confirmed that the company is preparing bids.
Source: France 24

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Iraq Oil Production

A general Thread about Oil Production in Iraq. What is the level of Iraq Oil & Gas Exploration and are the Petroleum Refineries able to keep up with local demand?

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Iraq oil exports hit 25-year high in February:

Iraq exported 2.8 million barrels of oil per day in February, a top minister said Saturday, a sharp month-on-month gain and the highest such figure in at least a quarter-century. Ref. Source 7

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ISIS captures biggest oil refinery in Iraq - reports :

In Iraq, Sunni militants from ISIS have reportedly seized the country's largest oil refinery, in the town of Baiji. Two weeks ago they launched a ruthless insurgency campaign, capturing key cities and large swathes of land. They still have Baghdad in their sights. Ref. Source 6

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Iraq jihadists 'selling oil to Assad'?

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday that jihadists spearheading a militant offensive in Iraq have sold oil from captured areas to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Ref. Source 7

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ISIS earning $1M per day from Iraqi oil smuggling:

Since invading huge swaths of northern and central Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been smuggling increasing amounts of crude scavenged from Iraq's stricken oil infrastructure to buyers in the Kurdistan region, earning the extremist group an estimated $1 million per day Ref. Source 8

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And what if they get the oil? It is theirs, they have been living there for centuries. I get the feeling that some think that others don't deserve something because its worth too much.

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Kurds 'recapture oilfields from IS':

The attack on the three Ain Zalah installations began on Thursday morning, they said, but the militants blew them all up as they retreated. Ref. Source 2