Muttitt - Fuel on the fire : oil and politics in occupied Iraq

Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq

Copyright 2012 by Greg Muttitt

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First published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head, London, 2011
Published in the United States by The New Press, New York, 2012
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Muttitt, Greg.

Fuel on the fire : oil and politics in occupied Iraq / Greg Muttitt.

p. cm.

First published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head, London, 2011T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-59558-822-7

1. Iraq War, 2003Influence. 2. Petroleum industry and tradeIraq. 3. IraqPolitics and government2003 I. Title.

DS79.76.M89 2012

956.7044'3dc23

2012009267

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To the memory of Guy Hughes (19732006)

Paul Bremer The viceroy: administrator, Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) 20034

Ryan Crocker The careful diplomat: head of Office of Iraqi Affairs in U.S. State Department responsible for Future of Iraq Project 20023, head of governance in CPA 2003, ambassador to Iraq 20079

Thamir al-Ghadhban The compromiser: chief executive of Iraq Oil Ministry 2003, minister of oil 20045, co-author of oil law 2006, prime ministers adviser on oil 2005

Ashti Hawrami The efficient antagonist: CEO of Exploration Consultants Ltd. 20006, which was appointed in 2005 to study the Kirkuk field; minister of natural resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) 2006

Ron Jonkers The investment lawyer: USAID-funded legal adviser on drafting of oil law 20067

Hassan Jumaa The activist: leader of oil workers trade union in Basra (Iraq Federation of Oil Unions) 2003

Zalmay Khalilzad The hawkish strategist: author of draft Defense Planning Guidance 1992, member of Project for a New American Century, U.S. ambassador to Iraq 20057, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 20079

Faleh al-Khayat The affable technocrat: most senior DG (technical) in the Oil Ministry in 2003, manager of operations room MarchApril 2003

Meghan OSullivan The political officer: member of Governance Team in CPA 20034, President Bushs senior adviser on Iraq 20047

Barham Salih Americas man: Iraq deputy prime minister 20045 and 20069, planning minister 20056, KRG prime minister 2009

Tariq Shafiq The pragmatist: Iraqi oil expert, founding director of Iraq National Oil Company and negotiator with Iraq Petroleum Company foreign consortium in 1960s, oil law co-author 2006

Hussain al-Shahristani The lonely politician: Iraqi minister of oil 200610, deputy prime minister 2011

Dan Witt The missionary of investment: president of International Tax and Investment Center, a U.S.-based education foundation 1990

Adil Abdul-Mahdi Iraqi finance minister 20045, vice president 200511

Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum Member of State Departments Future of Iraq Project 20023, member of Iraq Reconstruction and Development Council (IRDC) 2003, minister of oil 20034 and 2005

Dhiaa al-Bakkaa Senior official in (Iraqi) State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) until 2003, chief of staff to oil minister 20034, DG of SOMO 20045

Sam Bodman U.S. secretary of energy 20059

Phil Carroll Senior oil adviser to CPA 2003, former CEO of Shell USA and Fluor

Issam al-Chalabi Iraqi oil expert, former oil minister 198790

Robert Ebel Energy and national security analyst at Center for Strategic and International Studies, adviser to Future of Iraq Project 20023

Michael Eisenscher National coordinator, U.S. Labor Against the War 2003

Peter Galbraith Adviser to Kurdish parties on constitution 20045, investor in Tawke oilfield as partner of Norwegian company DNO 20048

Ewa Jasiewicz Independent activist and journalist in Iraq 20034, U.K. representative of Basra oil workers trade union 20045

Falah al-Khawaja Telecom engineer, DG of the manpower department of Iraq Oil Ministry 20046, DG of State Company for Oil Projects, 20068

Robert Kimmitt Deputy U.S. Treasury secretary 20059, responsible for International Compact with Iraq

Jabbar al-Luaibi DG of (Iraqi) South Oil Company 20038

Michael Makovsky Member of Energy Infrastructure Planning Group 20023, U.S. Defense Department official 20026

Abdullah Jabbar al-Maliki Founding member of oil workers trade union in South Oil Company 2003

Mika Minio Oil/human rights campaigner at Platform 2005

Shatha al-Musawi Member of Iraqi parliament 200510

Saleh al-Mutlaq Leader of National Dialogue Front, member of Iraqi parliament 2005

Rob Sherwin Middle East oil adviser, U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 20057; previously Middle East business development manager, Shell

Muhammad-Ali Zainy Energy economist at the Centre for Global Energy Studies, member of Future of Iraq Project 20023, member of IRDC 2003

AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

AMS Association of Muslim Scholarsa post-2003 Sunni organization

BTC Baku-Tbilisi-CeyhanBP-run oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

CEO chief executive officer

CNPC China National Petroleum Corporation

CPA Coalition Provisional Authoritythe occupation administration May 2003June 2004

CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studiesa think tank based in Washington, D.C.

DG director general

EIPG Energy Infrastructure Planning Groupan interagency prewar planning group based in the Pentagon, 20023

FDI foreign direct investment

GDP gross domestic product

GFIW General Federation of Iraqi Workersa trade union federation formed out of the remnants of the Saddam-era unions together with the federation aligned with the Iraq Communist Party

ICEM International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions