Comments on: The inaugural edition of the Iraq Oil Report http://www.iraqoilreport.com/2007/09/04/the-inaugural-edition-of-the-iraq-oil-report/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:43:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Horger http://www.iraqoilreport.com/2007/09/04/the-inaugural-edition-of-the-iraq-oil-report/#comment-3 Chris Horger Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:01:15 +0000 http://iraqoilreport.com/2007/09/04/the-inaugural-edition-of-the-iraq-oil-report/#comment-3 I have a question. Will the privatization of Iraq oil be in the best interests of the Iraqi people? I have a question. Will the privatization of Iraq oil be in the best interests of the Iraqi people?

]]> By: Vance Jochim http://www.iraqoilreport.com/2007/09/04/the-inaugural-edition-of-the-iraq-oil-report/#comment-2 Vance Jochim Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:42:34 +0000 http://iraqoilreport.com/2007/09/04/the-inaugural-edition-of-the-iraq-oil-report/#comment-2 Great idea for this blog. I used to sit in a daily meeting in the Green Zone and listen to the daily list from the Oil Advisors of terrorist damage to the oil infrastructure and the plan on how it would be restored. Then there was the corruption where gas was purchased in Iraq at the low subsidized rate for Iraqis and smuggled into Iran and sold for a profit. My translators always told me of the problems in getting gas for their generators so they could run air conditioning for their young children in the hours when electricity was turned off in Baghdad. For my blog on Iraq corruption, see http://webworks.typepad.com/corruption_in_iraq/ Cheers, Vance Jochim I worked in the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) in 2004-March, 2006. Great idea for this blog.

I used to sit in a daily meeting in the Green Zone and listen to the daily list from the Oil Advisors of terrorist damage to the oil infrastructure and the plan on how it would be restored. Then there was the corruption where gas was purchased in Iraq at the low subsidized rate for Iraqis and smuggled into Iran and sold for a profit.

My translators always told me of the problems in getting gas for their generators so they could run air conditioning for their young children in the hours when electricity was turned off in Baghdad.

For my blog on Iraq corruption, see http://webworks.typepad.com/corruption_in_iraq/

Cheers,

Vance Jochim
I worked in the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) in 2004-March, 2006.

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