Monday 28 January 2013

IRAQ OIL & GAS - BOOK REVIEWS



Iraq: Oil and Gas Industry in the 20th Century

Ghanim Anaz (2012)

The purpose of the book is to present as near as possible a complete and comprehensive detailed history of Iraq’s oil and gas industry during the twentieth century which has been dealt with in fragmented and inaccurate manner at times in various books, papers and articles.

ISBN

978-1-908062-63-5

Price

£19.99

Publisher

Nottingham University Press

Stock Status

Coming Soon

Though the oil revenues have been the life blood of Iraq during the past seventy five years, those who have successfully participated in developing, managing and operating it have been overshadowed and marginalised by the somewhat turbulent and violent historical and political events at the hands the mainly amateur politicians including the numerous coups, revolutions, and finally the tragic and destructive wars and sanctions which brought the country to its knees. Hence it is thought that it is about time that the successful industry and its professionals and technocrats be given their long overdue recognition and appreciation.

Iraq's vast proven recoverable reserves of some 142 billion barrels of oil and the trillions of cubic feet of gas together with its long neglected oil and gas industry and its numerous related topics have been widely reported in the national and international media since the invasion of the country in 2003, stirring heated and bitter debates. Hence it is thought the time is opportune to give the readers the opportunity to understand the back ground and history of the industry to enable them to form a balanced and level headed understanding of the current grave situation.

The current debates dealt mainly with the reconstruction of Iraq's dilapidated oil and gas production and export facilities, the development of some of the old undeveloped and many of the newly discovered oil and gas fields, the disputed legal status of the newly discovered oil and gas fields in the Kurdish region, the controversial draft Hydrocarbon Law, the contested award of the several production Sharing Agreements to a number of international oil companies and the confused long term planning of the industry and the optimum level of production.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Brief History of Crude Oil Chapter 2: Iraq's Oil Concessions Chapter 3: The Relations between the Iraqi Government and the IPC Group during the Monarchy Period Chapter 4: The 1958 Revolution-General Kassim's Regime & The Arif Brothers Regime Chapter 5:The 1968 Revolution-The Baath's Regime Chapter 6: Iraq's Ministry of OilChapter 7: Iraq National Oil Company-INOC Chapter 8: Iraq's Oil and Gas Fields Chapter 9: The Development of Iraq's Oil Chapter 10:Iraq's Crude Oil Export Pipelines Chapter 11: Iraq's Gas Industry Chapter 12: Iraq's Oil RefineriesChapter 13: Iraq's Oil Production and Export Chapter 14: Housing and Social Aminities Chapter 15: Iraq Petroleum Company Staff List May 1972


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Dear Ghanim,
You have taken us with your valuable book to those periods & times of hard, continuous & fruitful works in which the Iraqi people, especially the learned /educated groups of the society from various sectors and schools of thoughts were competing in their sincere efforts& offering of being proud of what they could contribute for the sake of Iraq's dignity and progress.

The workforce of the oil & gas industry ,generally, was leading that generous generation in every respect, setting the good example to other sectors in the country.

The success achieved during the last century in the oil & gas industry in Iraq was a real pride to all of us from its early stages of the crude oil discovery, related negotiations, concessions agreements, up to its other stages of explorations, drilling, fields development, processing, storage & transportation, refining, distribution and marketing.

This demonstrated, beyond any doubt the capabilities and skills of the Iraqi national manpower resources in planning, management and operation of almost all types of activities.

May God bless you for what you have recorded in your book which will no doubt be a good & reliable reference for all those concern with the oil and gas industry, whether being oilmen, historians, economists, scholars, politicians or the general Iraqi public.

With my best regards and appreciation for you and your distinguished and fruitful effort.

Anwar A. Dawood

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عزيزي غانم
ارجو ان تكونوا جميعا بخير وسعادة. حصلت على كتابك عن النفط والذي جلبه لي ولدي يحيى من انكلترة وباشرت بتصحفه وقراءته فوجدته رائعا وشاملا لمعلومات قيمة واحداث تاريخية عشنا معا قسما منها بحلوها ومرها واعادت لي

الخرائط ذكريات عن داري وداركم في عرفة وملعب الكولف فتمنيت ان نلتقي

مرة اخرى ولو لساعات قليلة.

كتابك رائع ومجهودك عظيم
مبروك والف مبروك
تحياتي مع اطيب تمنياتي
اخوك عزام بكر


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Azeezy Ghanim,

 Salams and best wishes to you and your family, hope you are all well.

I have now obtained a copy of your book through the NUP who were very polite and efficient.

May I congratulate you on producing such an excellent work of such wide and varied content....it must have taken a lot of effort.

 I have started reading it from the very beginning and I am enjoying the journey.... I have had a quick scan through the book and enjoyed particularly the wonderful pictures, some of which brought back lots of memories.

 I shall continue my journey through the book...I am sure I will enjoy every moment.

 With kind regards

Ghazi Hamdi

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 عزيزي غانم

دعني اعتذر لك عن تأخري بارسال هذا الايميل

بالبدء اشكر لك ارسالك كتابك عن طريق نمير الذي ارسله الى عنواني في القاهرة الذي وصل بعد تركي مصر الى بيروت فحصل بعض الاشكالات المزعجة في بريد القاهرة

على كل حال وصلني الكتاب متأخرا في بيروت ولم يكن لدي امكانية انترنت انئذ

وانتهزت قراءة بعضا من الكتاب والان عدت الى بغداد وانتظم الانترنت لدي.


الكتاب علمي رصين اعتبره مرجع متكامل لكل شئ عن نفط العراق والتغيرات الاستراتيجية عليه بتغير انظمة الحكم وحاكميه.

اهنئك على المجهود العملي والعلمي

فقد عملت ووفيت بارك الله فيك وبعملك وصحتك وعائلتك

د.سالم الشماع

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Dear Basil,

 Thank you very much for sending me Ghanim Anaz' Iraq and Gas Industry book, it is so thoughtful of you and I am grateful for it.

The book seems to be comprehensive, objective and scholarly for which Mr. Anaz is to be congratulated.

My warmest wishes to you.

Dr. Amir Alanbari


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تحليل رائع للتاريخ (النفطي) للعراق ويفيد كثيرا الباحثين في ربط هذا التاريخ بالتحولات السياسية في البلد لمعرفة مدى ودور شركات النفط في تحريكه . أتمنى أن احصل على هذا الكتاب الرائع . هذا التاريخ كتبه قلم رائع وعقل متمكن وإرادة قوية وإيمان مخلص بالعراق
عبد العزيز الونداوي
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New Book-Iraq's Oil & Gas Industry (Book Review)

A comprehensive book…Worth reading and keeping as a good reference.

Well done Ghanim.

Issam Al-Chalabi

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Azizi Ghanim

The BOOK is a testimony to future generations depicting the hard work and sacrifice of the PIONEERS who built a modern oil and gas Industry.

Though the generated wealth achieved by the few fell into irresponsible hands, the stories of which are so eloquently described in a historical perspective, yet ,
one hopes that past events are of transient nature and Iraqis will rise and our grandchildren will look back and contend to say:

““that was their finest hour!!””.

I am pretty certain that the book will have a well deserved acclaim as it is the only one of its kind that fills many gaps about Iraq’s oil and gas history in a very absorbing reading.
Salams

Dr. Tarik Al-Irhayim  
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AMAZON

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

By Omar on 20 Aug. 2014
Format: Paperback
This is a fantastic book. Very well researched and intelligently written. The author has a wealth of
knowledge about the subject, which makes for a very interesting read. Would highly recommend
من افضل المراجع التي رأيتها في القرن الواحد والعشرين عن الصناعة النفطية, لربما اهميتها كوني بحاجة ماسة الى المعلومات التي فيها، فارجو من سيد الغانم ما يبخل علينا في التواصل معي لاخذ المعلومات الكافية منه لاكمال اطروحتي حول الاثر الاقتصادي والخدمي للاستثمارات النفطية في كركوك منذ 1927 الى 1961دلشاد  عمر
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