Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

KRG Makes Oil Contracts Public

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq has published all 42 of its production sharing contracts (PSCs) along with other relevant contractual documents on its website in a clear bid to rebut criticisms over a lack of transparency in its oil policy.

There had not been enough time to analyze the documents or even ascertain if all relevant contracts had been published, together with all their...