The Ministry has to expedite projects and corrections to stabilise the energy situation in the country As if to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the ‘Economist’ in its March 23 issue had an article titled ‘Electricity in Iraq’ and added ‘Not yet switched on, in any way’. The Ministry of Electricity recently said that available s
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This memorandum addresses certain Constitutional interpretation issues relating to Iraqi oil policy and the division of authority between the federal government and the regions and governorates. The Constitution is problematic in many respects including the division of powers between the federal government and the regions and governorates. Nevertheless, we believe that there
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The Iraqi parliament still has not been able to approve the draft general budget for 2014, prompting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to warn of the possibility of a major financial crisis and a disruption of state institutions. As the conflict continues between Baghdad and Erbil regarding Iraqi Kurdistan's share in the state budget, there is a pressing need for the government t
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Download PDF This article discusses some of the main issues covered by IEA Iraq Energy Outlook 2012 and the challenges facing the Federal Hydrocarbon plans. In absence of long term strategy and planning by Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, the issues discussed here are guidelines for radical actions required to ensure flow of enough revenue from Oil and Gas exports to: Reconstruct and
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The government wants to expand power generation capacity rapidly, but proposed new legislation is inadequate for the task, say Luay Al-Khatteeb and Harry Istepanian IRAQ's electricity sector has been in crisis since 2003, with citizens still facing long hours of blackouts despite the government's mammoth spending on electricity over the past 10 years. The sector has underperfo
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