Energy, Oil & Gas Policy – Page 25 – Iraqi Economists Network

Iraq’s Oil Historical Perspective: Why? When? How? By Tariq Shafiq *

Table of Contents 1. Why? Iraq’s Oil, the Jewel in a global context: Iraq’s vital techno-economics statistics: Iraq’s Oil and Gas Reserve Iraq’s Oil and Gas in a Global Context A, B and C Iraq Oil Forecast & IEA 2012 Study Graphs 2. When? The Concession Era: the loot of the First World War and 2003 Occupation The Concession & Nationalised Eras The New

BAGHDAD - An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the $4 billion Karbala refinery will be signed by the beginning of 2014, part of a revived effort by Baghdad to boost its neglected refining sector. "It was supposed to be awarded this year, but there were some issues related to the [budget] allocations for it, and probably it will be awarded at the

ERBIL - The consortium managing the only producing natural gas field in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is taking the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to court, alleging overdue payments that are likely to total over $2 billion. The dispute threatens to send an uncharacteristically chilling signal to foreign companies that have generally lauded the KRG's Ministry of Natur

Not since Jahangir Amuzeger’s study Managing the Oil Wealth: OPEC Windfalls and Pitfalls (2001) has there been an authoritative study of OPEC. This time Dr. Chalabi’s study is from inside the organisation and for the first time we get an opportunity to see the truth about the workings of OPEC as he sets about chronicling its history. From its beginning in 1960, when Standard oi