IRAQ

A Critical Look At Iraq’s Oil Contracts

By – Munir Chalabi, Energy analyst.

This report examines Iraq’s current hydrocarbon contracts. It posits that they leave IOCs with too much control over the country’s producing fields, and suggests alternatives.


Since 2009, the Iraqi federal Oil Ministry has signed 11 so-called Technical Service Contracts (TSCs) and Development and Production Service Contracts (DPSCs) with some of the world’s largest...