VOL. XLVI

No 7

17-February-2003

IRAQ

Is The Widely Expected War On Iraq An Oil War?

The following Energy Comment (February 2003) by Professor Robert Mabro, Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) is published on the OIES websitewww.oxfordenergy.organd is reprinted here with permission.

Many commentators, columnists, politicians and almost all those who oppose the war answer this question with a resounding yes. The question, as put in these general terms, is not very helpful. It fails...