Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 28

13-Jul-2009

IRAQ

Present And Future Factors Affecting The Development Of The Iraqi Oil Industry

By Ali Hussain

Dr Hussain is an oil consultant and former OPEC officer (e-mail alihussain27@gmail.com).

During the last 30 years and particularly since the Iraq-Iran war, the Iraqi oil industry across both the upstream and downstream operations has been subject to difficult times. Prior to the 2003 war this industry suffered from lack of sufficient investments,...