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Iraq has been a key contributor to OPEC liquids growth, with IOCs in southern Iraq having added approximately 1.7–1.8 mb/d (million barrels per day) in the period 2011–16. With renewed focus on medium-heavy sour markets in light of OPEC output policy, geopolitical supply-side disruptions and Asian refining dynamics, Iraq’s future role in oil markets is of critical importance. T
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Fifteen years ago, Iraq’s higher education infrastructure was in tatters. Two years into the US-led invasion, which began in 2003, 84 per cent of universities had been “burned, looted or destroyed”, according to a United Nations report. Many institutions still feel the impact of the conflict, enduring regular electrical outages and shortages of equipment, facilities and m
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Foreword In 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the first in-depth study of Iraq’s energy sector. We had an exceptional opportunity to engage with Iraq and produced a unique perspective on the country’s outlook, covering the role of energy in Iraq’s economic and social development as well as the increasingly important role that Iraq was set to play in global
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