Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 45

9-Nov-2009

The Rush For Oil: Iraq’s Oil Capacity Potential And Regional Geopolitics

By Ruba Husari

Ms Husari is an expert on Middle East energy and editor of Iraq Oil Forum (www.iraqoilforum.com), a specialized website on Iraq’s oil industry and politics. She is based in Baghdad. She contributed the following article for MEES.

Introduction

The year 2009 will go down in history as the year when Iraq opened again for business to...