La ressource est bien la, mais il y trop "de barriéres structurelles".
(C' est pour éviter de dire : c' est encore le gros merdier
).http://in.reuters.com/article/hotStocks ... I120090630No major Iraq oil output increase in next 5 years: IEA
Wed Jul 1, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq faces regulatory, administrative and political barriers that will prevent it from major oil production expansion for at least five years, David Fyfe, the head of the International Energy Agency's Oil Industry and Markets Division, said on Tuesday.
Iraq on Tuesday launched its first major energy auction since the 2003-led invasion, aimed at ramping up the nation's oil production.
Fyfe cautioned that the rules governing oil deals reached in Iraq are not stable and that legislative red tape may hinder development.
"We took a very conservative view with regard to Iraq, not because of any misgivings about physical (resources), because I think everyone accepts that the resources are there," Fyfe said. "We were just struggling to see in the short term a regulatory framework that was going to bring substantial new volume of oil on stream quickly."
Speaking at an event presenting the mid-term oil outlook by the energy adviser to 28 developed countries, Fyfe said once those structural barriers are overcome Iraq will be able to produce six million barrels of oil per day, but that will not happen in five years.
Also at the event sponsored by the Center for Strategic and Studies, IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka said increased oil production would do little counter rising oil prices.
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