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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Iraq Could Become the Second Largest Oil Producer in the World by 2035

Iraq Could Become the Second Largest Oil Producer in the World by 2035

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has completed a major new study which has deducted that within two decades Iraq could overtake Russia to become the world’s second largest oil exporter, and could also be responsible for nearly half of all anticipated growth in global oil production.The report explained that in order to achieve this position Iraq must solve its internal disputes with the autonomous Kurdish region in the North, and increase its current annual investment in the oil sector from $9 billion to 25 billion until at least 2020.Fatih…Read more...

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