Iraq’s crude oil production capacity: the way ahead

This speech, edited for publication with the approval of the author, was given by Thamir Ghadhban, top oil adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Chairman of the Advisory Commission in the Prime Minister’s Office, and two time post-2003 Oil Minister, at the CWC Iraq Petroleum 2009 conference Dec. 7 in London.

The country as a whole and the Ministry of Oil in particular is embarking on a substantial program to build up Iraq’s crude oil production capacity in cooperation with internationa…