One year on and the political and economic scenarios in Iraq are still highly uncertain. That is why Energy Intelligence Research has prepared a comprehensive update to its benchmark special study of the status and potential of Iraq’s oil industry, first published last spring.

The report addresses the key questions and delivers the insights you need to operate in this oil rich country: What is the resource base, its future potential, and likely impact on the international energy business?

The new, updated report takes you even further and includes:
•	Updated analysis of the current and potential energy projects in the region.
•	Comprehensive field and pipeline analysis.
•	The new medium-term upstream outlook.
•	Full assessment of the economic, financial, reconstruction and development situation.
•	Changes to administrative structures in the energy sector and the changes within the last year.
•	Updates on overall political changes that have taken place over the last year.
•	Access to two on-line, interactive maps of upstream and downstream activity in Iraq.

•	Strengthen your investment analysis with this report’s indepth perspective on the trends for Iraq’s historical, current and future oil and gas production.
•	Understand the financial risk potential of Iraq’s debt burden and shattered economy and the potential cost to revitalize its infrastructure.
•	Assess the legal and political implications of Iraq’s return to the international oil market.
•	Explore detailed assessments of developed and undeveloped fields and the status of upstream contracts using detailed maps and charts of Iraq’s 84 discovered oil and gas fields, the 73 that have production potential and the 25 that have been developed.

As you would expect from Energy Intelligence, this special study is quite simply the most authoritative and comprehensive report on Iraq’s postwar oil and gas industry yet published.

Newly updated with detailed maps and charts of the country’s oil industry, the 80 page report comes in two easy-to-use parts, one providing the full context and background and the second providing a comprehensive update of the current situation. In addition, you will get access to two on-line, interactive maps on the Energy Intelligence website, www.energyintel.com.

If your business is looking to invest in Iraq, or is assessing Iraq’s potential for future growth, then this special report from Energy Intelligence should be on your desk NOW.

Iraqi Oil & Gas: A Bonanza Still In Waiting is available in print and pdf formats.

Prepared by experts for experts:

Editor: Neil Atkinson
Neil Atkinson has 24 years experience in the international energy industry. He joined Petroleos de Venezuela SA in 1979, specializing in the analysis of international oil markets. In 1998 he moved to Platts as head of energy analysis and consulting for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2001, he moved to Oxford Institute for Energy Studies as business manager and in 2003 he joined Energy Intelligence in charge of ancillary publications and special reports. Mr. Atkinson is secretary of the British Institute for Energy Economics.

Author: Ruba Husari
Ruba Husari interviewed Iraqi government and oil company officials and visited Iraq extensively over the last few months to prepare this special report. Ms. Husari has been covering the Middle East since 1987, first as Jerusalem-based correspondent for Agence France Presse, then as Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the London-based Pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat until 1998. She also covered the Middle East for BBC radio and television between 1991 and 1998. She joined Energy Intelligence in 2000 as Middle East correspondent focusing on the Gulf region, with special focus on Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait and regularly interviews energy ministers and decision makers in oil producing countries.

Author: Sharif Ghalib
Sharif Ghalib's career has encompassed international organizations, major money-center banks, Washington think tanks, investment companies based in the Gulf region, and ratings agencies in London. He has in-depth experience in assessing economic performance, financial prospects, and credit risks of emerging market countries and his thorough knowledge of petroleum markets and Opec behaviour make him a uniquely insightful commentator on the economics and politics of the international energy business.

As you would expect from Energy Intelligence, this book is quite simply the most authoritative and comprehensive study on Iraq's postwar oil and gas industry yet published.