VOL. XLVI

No 50

15-December-2003

Iraq Oil Development Policy Options: In Search Of Balance

By Tariq Shafiq

The following article was written forMEES by Tariq Shafiq, a petroleum engineer who was Vice President and Executive Director of the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). Recently he was the leading researcher and coordinator for a Petrolog & Associates study on Iraqs exploration and production capacity, in a joint venture with the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES).

1.0 Introduction

Iraq...