期刊名称:IAEE Energy Forum (formerly: IAEE Newsletter)
印刷版ISSN:1093-4243
电子版ISSN:1944-3188
出版年度:2005
卷号:4
页码:6-6
出版社:International Association for Energy Economics
摘要:Iraq holds an important place in the political development and economic trend of the international oil market both historically and at the present time. Iraq’s proven oil reserves are the second largest in the world, behind only Saudi Arabia’s 260 billion barrels, at 120 billion barrels, and its oil export policy has been a critical element in setting international oil supply and pricing for over 30 years. Iraq was a founding member of the cartel of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and was among the first of the major oil producing countries to nationalize its oil fields in the 1960s. The country’s Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) was an early leader in international oil policy and could play a similar role in the future, depending on the inclinations of a new Iraqi government.