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Q&A: IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol

The principal author of the IEA's exhaustive new report on Iraq discusses why he believes the country will drive the growth of world energy supplies for decades.
Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol. (Photo credit: IEA)

In the next two decades, Iraq could be the world's largest source of new energy, single-handedly providing nearly half the growth in global supply.

That is the remarkable conclusion of the International Energy Agency (IEA), whose annual World Energy Outlook report, published on Tuesday, includes an in-depth focus on Iraq.

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