By Greg Muttitt, November 2005
(Published by PLATFORM with Global Policy Forum, Institute for Policy Studies, New Economics Foundation, Oil Change International, and War on Want)
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Executive Summary
While the Iraqi people struggle to define their future amid political chaos and violence, the fate of their most valuable economic asset, oil, is being decided behind closed doors.
This report reveals how an oil policy with origins in the US State Department is on course to be adopted in Iraq, soon after the December elections, with no public debate and at enormous potential cost. The policy allocates the majority (1) of Iraq’s oilfields – accounting for at least 64% of the country’s oil reserves – for development by multinational oil companies.
