Peter Wells: “Iraq’s Future Oil Production: Practical Issues, Pace and Sustainability” Presentation to “Iraq Petroleum 2010” conference, London 29 November 2010
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Iraq’s Gas Strategy
Asri Mousa: Iraq’s Strategy for Gas Utilization Speech to Iraq Petroleum- 2010 Conference – London 30 November 2010
Gas Exploration, A Government Priority?
As Iraq’s third bid round for gas field development drags on, mired by successive delays, with no viable commercial structure in the draft model contract and confusion over the utilization of gas to be produced, Iraq’s next government is better off focusing on increasing Iraq’s gas reserves by launching an exploration drive to find new gas resources and develop them. Iraq has 65 defined exploration blocks on its maps, the…
A History of Waste
Iraq is struggling between the urge to become a regional – and eventually an international – player on the gas scene and the need to supply a domestic market whose demand for gas for power generation is expected to continue rising drastically. That urge is exacerbated by the KRG’s ability to conclude swift deals to export gas regardless of whether such deals – which, like exporting oil, would require state…