Revenue Watch Institute - News

June 30, 2006

OSI'S Revenue Watch Program Becomes Independent Institute In June 2006, the Open Society Institute spun off its Revenue Watch program to create an independent Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), a sister organization to coordinate and lead the Soros Foundation Network's (SFN) work on transparency and accountability in resource-rich countries.
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2006

Smuggling of Crude Petroleum and Products (In Arabic) The second transparency report produced by the inspector general of Iraq's ministry of oil, describing corruption in the oil sector, and in particular the multi-billion dollar smuggling of crude petroleum and refined products.
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April 8-9 2006

Managing Iraq's Petroleum In April 2006, Iraq Revenue Watch hosted a workshop which brought together leading petroleum experts, activists, economists and policy makers from across Iraq's regions and political spectrum. Topics covered at the workshop included the need for clarifications and potential changes to the Constitution, discussion of a national strategy for exploration and development, designing a sound investment regime, and establishing unassailable legislation and efficient institutions. This report details the outcomes of the workshop.
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May 2006

Geographical Distribution of Iraqi Oil Fields and Its Relation with the New Constitution Iraq's new Constitution has transferred managerial responsibility for new oil operations to the regions and provinces, and allowed them to take part in the production operations management of current fields. It has thus become necessary to accurately determine the geographical distribution of hydrocarbon wealth. This May 2006 report aims to illustrate the geographic distribution of Iraqi oil and gas fields according to provinces, and to show how this would reflect on these fields’ management following the new Constitution.
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2006

Second Transparency Report on Smuggling of Crude Petroleum and Products

This document, produced by the inspector general of Iraq's ministry of oil and translated by Revenue Watch, describes corruption in the oil sector, and particularly the multi-billion dollar smuggling of crude petroleum and refined products.
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MEDIA FEED

Editorial: Transparency International Report and Fighting Graft - Financial Times

Major Oil Companies Rebuked for Lack of Transparency - Financial Times

Ghana Prepares to Battle "Oil Curse" - UN/IRIN

Nigerians Release Seattle-Based Film Crew - UPI

Seattle-Based Film Crew Held in Nigeria - The Associated Press

Azerbaijan: Baku Hesitates On Nabucco Pipeline Project - Eurasianet

Opinion: Help Poor States to Seize the Fruits of the Boom - Financial Times

Opinion: A Network of Truces - The New York Times

Editorial: More of the Same in Iraq? - The New York Times

Iraq Announces Commitment to Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - EITI

Opinion: How to Prevent the Oil Curse - The New Vision

Report: Failure to Punish Gang Violence Will Fuel More Bloodshed in Nigeria - Human Rights Watch

NEWS & INFORMATION ARCHIVES

2006, 2005

PUBLICATIONS

Eye on EITI
Produced by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition, Eye on EITI examines progress in the 21 countries who in 2002 endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative agreement (EITI).
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Policy Brief: Leaving a Legacy of Transparency in Nigeria
Revenue Watch urges the government of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to enact revenue transparency reforms, including most notably the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) bill...
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