By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Unaoil Corruption Scandal: International and Iraq update and follow-up The recent joint report by Australia's Fairfax Media and the Huffington Post uncovering serious international corruption scandal allegedly masterminded by a Monaco based […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Proposed INOC Law Could Disintegrate Petroleum Sector and Damage the Iraqi Economy At short notice I was asked to give opinion on the text of the proposed Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Ministry of Oil Concludes Shaky Deal for Missan Refinery with Satarem The Ministry of Oil has decided to go ahead with the Missan Refinery deal with the legally bankrupt small Swiss […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. IEITI New Annual Report 2013: Again, Modest Progress but More Improvement Still Needed The Iraq Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (IEITI) succeeded in launching its fifth annual Report 2013 on 10th December 2015, […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Political Risk Index for Iraq Oil Export: Reality and Predictions Oil export by a country could be impacted by a multiplicity of factors, but in the short term oil export could be […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Long Term Service Contracts Are Good But Not Perfect My article on Service Contracts Vs Production Sharing Contracts Revisited, posted on this IBN website, has attracted good deal of formal and professional […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraq Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (IEITI) succeeded in launching its fifth annual Report 2013 on 10th December 2015, almost three weeks earlier than its previous report. Moreover, IEITI plans to issue […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Service Contracts Vs Production Sharing Contracts Revisited Debating the performance of the service contracts and viability of production sharing contracts as alternative seems to reenergizes lately among Iraqi professionals; this is prompted […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Empirical Aspects of the Extractive Industry Governance in Iraq Extractive Industry Governance is one of the most critical components of the broad, good, democratic and inclusive governance, especially for the developing […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Budget 2016 and the Risk of Slipping into the Debt Trap The Ministry of Finance (MoF) prepared the draft budget law for 2016 and submitted it to the Cabinet for deliberation and […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Assessing Government Spending This is an updated version of the last part (and the list of consulted references) of the research work commissioned by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), USA, as part of the preparation for NRGI’s strategic plan for interlinked and complementary interventions in Iraq during the upcoming three […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Managing Volatility of Oil Export Revenues This is part three of a research work commissioned by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) (USA) as part of the preparation for NRGI’s strategic plan for interlinked and complementary interventions in Iraq during the upcoming three years. The Executive Summary of the study was […]
