Q&A: TAQA Iraq President Leo Koot

The head of one of the most strategically valuable investors in Iraqi Kurdistan's oil sector talks production plans and pipeline tie-ins.

Leo Koot, President for Iraq, TAQA. (TAQA)

Patrick Osgood of Iraq Oil Report

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

DUBAI - An essential element of the Kurdistan region’s oil policy is to attract larger oil companies that can spend heavily and quickly even while political relations between Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cloud prospects for return on investment.

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA, an energy company 75 percent owned by the emirate, fits that bill.

Q&A: TAQA Iraq President Leo Koot

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