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The Policy Vacuum of Iraqi Gas Pricing, By-Luay al-Khatteeb*

Download Prior to the 2003 regime change no private sector gas projects had been implemented in Iraq and gas prices were heavily subsidized, both nationally and in a regional context**. However, since 2007, two major gas projects have been signed, the first in Kurdistan by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the second in Basra province by the Ministry of Oil (MoO). In

Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context of the 2013 Article IV consultation with Iraq, the following documents have been released and are included in this package: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions t

Download PDF 1-Introduction The Middle East is in a state of turbulence, politically as well as in terms of its position with regard to Energy, and Iraq would seem to be an apparent case of this turmoil. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has begun to export crude oil directly to world oil markets through Turkey. The KRG began exporting its own very light oil, or condens

*) The paper was presented to the 3rd. Iraq Business Forum in Hamburg on the 17. of June 2013. The Forum was organized jointly from the Euro-Mediterranean Association (EMA) and the Iraqi Economists Network (IEN) Press here to download the PDF file.