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No Water, No Gain for Iraq’s Oil Development
Posted by Saltanat Berdikeeva on November 13, 2012
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Iraq vaulted to second place this year among the largest oil producers in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and is poised to ramp up its already robust output even further. But the country’s severe water scarcity could be the Achilles’ heel of its oil production. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) new…
