Fao project delays to cause massive export shut-in

Workers build the first new storage at Fao in March 2011. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report) By Ben Lando and Staff of Iraq Oil Report Published Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014As Iraq and its oil company partners spend billions of dollars to boost production capacity and exports, one key bottleneck is threatening to decimate their return on investment and shut in hundreds of millions of barrels of oil over the coming years.The coastal Fao storage depot in Basra is supposed to serve as a critical way station for crude traveling between oil fields and export terminals, storing oil and pumping it offshore to ensure continuous field production and fully maximized tan... You are here: Home » Politics » National Politics » Q&A: The Calculator IOR talks to Ali Hama Salih, Kurdistan’s popular MP, and a rising star in the opposition Gorran party. Q&A: The Calculator Ali Hama Salih, known as "The Calculator" for his public questioning of KRG finances, is now a leading politician with the Gorran Movement. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) By Rawaz Tahir and Patrick Osgood of Iraq Oil Report Published Tuesday, February 18th, 2014Before he polled 139,000 votes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s Sept. 21 parliamentary elections, Ali Hama Salih was already famous.Known as “The Calculator,” he hosted shows on KNN, a local TV network aligned with the opposition party, drawing viewers with line-item breakdowns of what he alleged to be corrupt deals over land, oil and Parliamentarian benefits.Salih’s transition from firebrand journalist to opposition MP follows his Gorran Movement's progress from its foundation...