VOL. XXX

N0. 10

15-DECEMBER-1986

IRAQ

Iraq Sets Up State Organization for Gas

The Iraqi Government has issued a new law, No. 67 of 1986,incorporating a fourth amendment to Law No. 101 of 1976 providing for thesetting up of the Iraqi State Organization for Gas (SOFG), which is to beattached to the Ministry of Oil.

In a statement to the press on 25 November, the Iraqi Minister of Oil, Mr.Qasim Ahmad Taqi, said that major developments in the Iraqi gas industry,including the construction of new...