As an adult, he joined the Arabic - language magazine Ahl Al Naft [People of Oil], a photography unit that was part of
the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), where he worked between 1954 and 1960.
Not exact matches
A century long struggle to gain full control of its natural resources and refining capacities has been punctuated by many events: from the exploits of the Anglo - Persian Oil
company (later to be known as British
Petroleum or BP), in the early part of last century; to the CIA backed overthrow of the first democratically elected government in the 1950s, after it nationalized the country's oil fields; to the destruction toll of several oil installations during the decade long Iran -
Iraq war; to current pressures by large international firms to negotiate contracts for the exploitation rights of oil and gas.
After several hearings, a settlement has been reached in the long - running LCIA arbitration between a consortium of UAE gas
companies, comprising Pearl
Petroleum Company Limited, Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent
Petroleum Company International Limited (as Claimants) and the Kurdistan Regional Government of
Iraq (as Respondent).
Taurus
Petroleum Limited (Appellant) v State Oil Marketing
Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of
Iraq (Respondent)[2017] UKSC 64 (Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke, Lord Sumption, Lord Hodge)
(This and other issues relating to state immunity were recently explored in Pearl
Petroleum Company Ltd. v The Kurdistan Regional Government of
Iraq [2015] EWHC 3361 (Comm).)
In Taurus
Petroleum Limited v State Oil Marketing
Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of
Iraq [2017] UKSC 64, the Supreme Court considered the situs of a debt under a letter of credit, and clarified the circumstances in which third party debt orders are available.