Oil Industry Cycles: Dividing the Spoils

The tussle in Iraq over its controversial draft oil law – already more than a year in the making – reflects battles which have long beset the industry. Who owns the oil, who pays to extract it and, above all, who takes the profit?

The World Today Published 1 May 2008 Updated 15 October 2020 3 minute READ

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