Thamir al-Ghadban writes: “In view of the country’s need for greater revenue to satisfy its people’s needs and its desire to improve the living conditions after the long years of deprivation; the lost capacity over the past three decades which benefited other producing countries many of which sit on hundreds of billions of dollars in sovereign funds; forecasts of future supply and demand and the expected decline in the output…
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Iraq’s Crude Oil Capacity
Iraq’s Crude Oil Capacity: The Way Ahead By Thamir al-Ghadhban
Early Bonanza
There is a bonanza for international oil companies who managed to make an early entry into Iraq. Operators like BP, Eni, Exxon Mobil – and to a certain extent CNPC which managed to convert its 1997 production sharing agreement for the development of Al-Ahdab field into a service contract last year – will have first call on the limited infrastructure capacity to absorb the new crude they will start pumping…
The Rush for Oil
The Rush for Oil: Iraq’s Oil Capacity Potential and Regional Geopolitics – MEES Op-Ed Nov.9-2009