By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Constitutional Amendments Relating to Petroleum Issues The “October Uprising” is sustained, vertically and horizontally, causing on one side regrettable loss of human lives, inflicting serious damage and destruction to public, business and […]
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Jiyad: EITI Restores Iraq’s Compliance Status
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. EITI Restores Iraq’s Compliance Status, with Conditions Attached The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) decided on 16 October 2019 to reinstated Iraq status as a “compliant” country in conformity […]
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Transparency in Iraqi Upstream Petroleum Sector
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Transparency in the Arab Countries’ Upstream Petroleum Sector- Iraq as case study* While upstream petroleum sector is either dominant or has significant importance in many Arab economies of MENA region, the transparency […]
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Monetization Strategies for Development of Border Oil Fields
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Monetization Strategies for Joint Development of Border Fields in MENA Region Many hydrocarbons fields and exploration blocks, with billons barrels of petroleum, straddle sovereign borders (both onshore and offshore) in the Middle […]
Oil Ministry’s “Odious Contract Trap” with ExxonMobil
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Ministry of Oil and the “Odious Contract’ Trap” with ExxonMobil’ Consortium Talks have intensified recently about the continuation of negotiations between the Ministry of Oil (MoO) and ExxonMobil/CNPC consortium that might […]
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SOMO Reveals More Important Data
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. SOMO Reveals More Important Data on its Marketing Activities In my latest article I suggested that the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) disclose details on its regular (term contract) marketing activities in […]
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SOMO Discloses Data on its Spot Sales
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. SOMO Discloses Data on its Spot Sales[1] In an unprecedented move, SOMO and the Ministry of Oil-MoO disclosed recently detailed data on quantities and revenues of crude oil sold directly through “electronic […]
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2019 Budget: Appeasement, Non-Compliance and Extortion
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 2019 Budget Law: Politics of Appeasement, Non-Compliance and Extortion Data from different sources indicates that KRG oil exports, so far in this year, ranged between 418.8 and 438 thousand barrels daily-kbd and […]
Uneven Development in the Iraqi Petroleum Sector
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. This article may also be downloaded here in pdf format. Restraining the Game-Changer: A Decade of Uneven Development in Iraq Petroleum Sector* Abstract and Introduction The development of the Iraqi petroleum sector […]
IEITI: Making Iraq “Compliant” Again
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. IEITI: Making Iraq “Compliant” Again! The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) suspended Iraq’s status as a “compliant” country on October 2017; the suspension, after initial irrational denial, prompted the Iraqi authorities to […]
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Report on “Register of Licenses” – Another Disappointment
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. IEITI Report on “Register of Licenses” – Another Disappointment Iraq EITI (IEITI) released recently the above report, which it says, “In accordance with Standard 2.3 of the International Initiative”; in part it […]
Jiyad: Uneven Development in Iraq Petroleum Sector
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Restraining the Game-Changer: A Decade of Uneven Development in Iraq Petroleum Sector The development of the Iraqi petroleum sector during the period 2008-2018 represents, from all related aspects, a distinct phase in […]
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