Iraqi Oil Pipeline Through Aqaba In Final Stages - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Omar al-Shaher

Omar al-Shaher

Mar 12, 2013

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) speaks with Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil during his visit to Baghdad, in this March 4, 2013 picture provided by Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office. REUTERS/Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR3EK1P — Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) speaks with Egypt's Prime Minister Hesham Kandil during his visit to Baghdad March 4, 2013. — REUTERS/Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office

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A worker adjusts a pipe at the Nassiriya oilfield in Nassiriya, 300km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad,September 8, 2012. Production from Iraq's southern oilfields is at 2.5 million barrels per day as the country edges closer to becoming the world's biggest source of new supplies over the next few years, a senior Iraqi oil official said. Picture taken September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - RTR37U0R

Iraq Announces Increased Oil Exports in March

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A soldier walks on the platform of the Basra Oil Terminal, 12 nautical miles off the Iraqi coast in the waters of the Northern Arabian Gulf, close to the port town of Umm Qasr August 8, 2006. The terminal is the main source of Iraq's revenues, a key supplier to the global energy market and an obvious target for insurgents aiming to thwart the country's economic recovery. Picture taken August 8, 2006. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ) - RTR1GA9M

Iraq Aims to Increase Oil Output

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An Iraqi border policeman mans a machine gun near the Iraqi-Syrian borders at the Abu Kamal-qaim border crossing, the main border post between Iraq and Syria, September 8, 2012. Al Qaim, in the Sunni heartland of Anbar province, reflects the tricky balancing act Iraq's Shi'ite leaders face in Syria, whose crisis is testing the Middle East's sectarian divide. Al Qaim and its neighbouring Syrian counterpart Albu Kamal are on a strategic supply route for smugglers, gun-runners and now insurgents aiming to join

Iraqi Border Closures Affect Commerce in Sunni Regions

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A farmer sows seeds of cucumber at his farm near an oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra August 12, 2010. The fertile acreage atop some of the world's largest oilfields has been farmed for dates, melons and vegetables for centuries but the tribes that work the land fear they are being pushed aside in the rush to develop Iraq's vast reserves. Picture taken August 12, 2010. To match Feature IRAQ-OIL/FARMS REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) - RTR2HDNU

Iraqi Agriculture in Crisis

Omar al-Shaher