Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 47

21-Nov-2011

MEES Agenda

Hawrami: Let Parliament Rule On Oil Policy Differences

Ashti Hawrami, the Natural Resources Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), is the architect of the Iraqi Kurds upstream exploration bonanza and has been the driving force behind the autonomous regions ambitious and controversial oil policy. The KRG is producing in excess of 200,000 b/d, and has recently committed to raise oil exports to 175,000 b/d next...