Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 6

8-Feb-2010

A Tentative Forecast For Iraqs Oil Production 2010-20

By Falah al-Khawaja

Mr Khawaja is an independent oil consultant, with 41 years previous field experience in the Iraqi oil sector. He is based in 'Amman, Jordan (Email: falahalkhawaja@yahoo.com).

At last, Iraq is set to realize its 1989-90 declared oil production target of 6mn b/d through the awards of the Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna-1 fields in the First Licensing Round. If the production...