energybulletin.net - 5/7/2009
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Heritage Oil strikes big in Kurdish Iraq Oil groups set to end 40-year exile from Iraq Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect
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business.timesonline.co.uk - 5/7/2009
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business.timesonline.co.uk —
A huge oil discovery in Kurdish Iraq sent
the share price of Heritage Oil, the London-based explorer,...
soaring yesterday and added further pressure on Baghdad to issue permits for long-awaited exports of crude oil from the region. Heritage said that ...
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Heritage Oil strikes big in Kurdish Iraq
ft.com - 5/7/2009
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ft.com —
International oil companies are preparing to go back
into Iraq by the end of the year, despite...
Baghdad's failure to pass an oil law and continuing concerns over security. BP and Royal Dutch Shell are among companies expected to bid for oil service ...
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FT.com / UK - Oil groups set to end 40-year exile from Iraq
theglobeandmail.com - 5/9/2009
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theglobeandmail.com —
CALGARY The discovery of a major new
oil resource in Kurdistan is lifting the prospects for...
a cluster of small energy explorers who have looked to the northern Iraqi region as the last great bastion of easy oil. The second Iraq war opened the ...
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reportonbusiness.com: Major find in age of shrinking ...
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Iraq Oil Update
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Energy Bulletin has a good mini-round up of news from Iraq, starting with a report from The Times on a large oil find in northern Iraq - Heritage Oil strikes big in Kurdish Iraq. A huge oil discovery in Kurdish Iraq sent the share price of Heritage Oil, the London-based explorer, soaring yesterday and added further pressure on Baghdad to issue permits for long-awaited exports of crude oil from the region. Heritage said that tests completed on a well drilled in its Miran West concession revealed reserves of between 2.3 billion and 4.2 billion ...
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