VOL. XLVI

No 16

21-April-2003

IRAQ

The Iraqi Oil Industry Reconstruction Or Recovery?

The following paper was written exclusively for MEES by Alan Taylor of AT Energy Ltd, consultants to the oil and gas industry. Mr Taylor has worked for BHP in Iraq and has consulted for international companies involved in the oil-for-food program.

There has been a lot of talk about the reconstruction of the oil industry in Iraq. However, the reality is that there was very little recent war damage, rather a legacy...