Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 38

21-Sep-2009

Iraq National Oil Company, An Historical And Political Perspective

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 Iraqs oil industry and politics. She is based in Baghdad. She contributed the following article for MEES.

Iraqs Council of Ministers approved in early August a draft law creating, or re-creating, Iraq National Oil Company (INOC), sending waves...