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Production Sharing Contracts – A Dying Breed?
February 15, 2010 – 12:03 am | Comments Off

This paper was originally intended to analyze the production sharing contracts (PSCs) developed and implemented by the Kurdish Region Government (KRG). Given the scarcity of contract information in the public domain, it evolved instead into …

A Tentative Forecast For Iraq’s Oil Production 2010-20
February 5, 2010 – 8:48 pm | No Comment

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 …

Notes On Pricing In The Heads Of Agreement On Natural Gas In Southern Iraq
January 29, 2010 – 8:17 pm | No Comment

The flaring of natural gas has been going on in Iraq for more than 70 years. In 2008, Iraq was classified as the fourth largest gas flaring country (after Russia, Nigeria and Iran). 1 Furthermore, the …