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Iraq Selected Issues

This Selected Issues paper on Iraq discusses medium-term projections for oil production and exports. Constraints to oil export volumes arise from export bottlenecks and technical production issues. Production is held back by technical challenges such as the need for water injection in the southern o...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia Dept
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2013
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Energy: Demand And Supply
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Oil Prices
Oil Exports
Industries: Energy
Public Finance & Taxation
Oil
Investments: Energy
Production
Trade: General
Exports And Imports
International Economics
Petroleum Industry And Trade
Macroeconomics: Production
Commodities
Energy: General
International Trade
Exports
Banks And Banking
Macroeconomics
Prices
Oil Production
Banking
Investment & Securities
Taxation
Monetary Policy
Iraq
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper on Iraq discusses medium-term projections for oil production and exports. Constraints to oil export volumes arise from export bottlenecks and technical production issues. Production is held back by technical challenges such as the need for water injection in the southern oil fields and limited supply of electricity, of which the oil industry is one of the main consumers. Export infrastructure has suffered during many years of decay owing to sanctions and wars. The Iraqi crude is priced as an average of a benchmark oil price for 15 or 30 days from the bill of lading
Physical Description:28 pages
ISBN:9781484339206

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