Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 29

18-July-2005

Iraq

Iraq And US Agree On $2Mn Training Program For Energy Sector

Iraq and the US on 11 July agreed on a $2mn training program for the Iraqi energy sector to be called the Iraqi Oil Training Program (IOTP). The initiative was announced jointly in 'Amman by Iraqs Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum and the regional director of US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Carl Kress. The accord was finalized during a meeting of the US-Iraq Joint...