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Q&A: Habat al-Halbusi, chair of the Parliament Oil and Energy Committee

The MP leading Parliament's oversight of Iraq's oil and electricity sectors discusses the importance of gas development and the status of INOC legislation.
Habat al-Halbusi, chair of the Parliament Oil and Energy Committee, at his home in Baghdad in June 2021. (LIZZIE PORTER/Iraq Oil Report)

BAGHDAD - Habat al-Halbusi, the chair of the Parliament Oil and Energy Committee, says the strategic focus of Iraq's energy sector is clear: gas.

"The committee is made up of 23 MPs, some of whom used to be directors in the Oil Ministry," Halbusi said in an interview at his residence in Baghdad. "All of them, without exception, are in favor of investment in Iraqi gas. All of them."

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