The year 2011 might turn out to be the year of Iraq’s hydrocarbon law, as this much awaited legislation could finally find its way to parliament, after the new council of ministers signs off on it. This doesn’t mean that the new law will cruise through without controversy. If anything, the discussions at the CWC Iraq Petroleum conference in London last week revealed the two sides are still at odds…
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Thamir Al-Ghadhban
Thamir al-Ghadhban, former Iraqi Minister of Oil and Chairman of the Advisory Commission at the Prime Minister’s office, gives his take on the latest developments in Iraq’s oil sector and analyses future trends in an interview in Baghdad with Ruba Husari. Q: How do you expect a new government following the March 7 legislative elections to deal with the signed contracts? Is there a risk that the legality of those…