News and Interviews on Iraqi Oil
Tariq Shafiq is one of the founding fathers, former director, vice chairman and executive director of Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) founded in 1964. He was also a veteran of its predecessor, Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) where he served in various technical capacities since 1954, including as head of petroleum engineering. In this candid interview with IOF editor Ruba Husari, he gives his expert take on the different versions of…
COM SECGEN BLAMES SHAHRISTANI FOR HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION MISHAP (2007) U/S JEFFERY’S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR ON HYDROCARBON LAW (2007) KRG MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION (2007) COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES (COR) OIL AND GAS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, DR. ALI BELU (2007) DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAWS (KICKING OF BUTTS) (2007) COR OIL AND GAS CHAIR EXPLAINS STATUS OF OIL LAW: No First Reading Without Nechirvan’s Approval (2007) WHITHER IRAQI…
The Iraqi 2011 federal budget voted by parliament today includes two items that are related to payments to oil companies. It stipulates a payment of $1.75 billion as participation in the production cost of oil exported including under contracts of international oil companies signed with the Kurdistan region. The second item is an allocation of $2.73 billion for investment projects of international oil companies. The budget assumes the export of…
The chairman of the oil and energy committee in the Iraqi parliament, Adnan al-Janabi, spells out his plans to speed up the legislation of the pending oil sector laws and the role of his committee in resolving the conflict between the KRG and the federal government, in an interview with Ruba Husari in his office in Baghdad Feb.19. Q: What role do you see for the oil and energy committee…