
Thamir A. Ghadhban
Chairman of Advisory Commission
Thamir Ghadhban (born 1945) is an Iraqi
engineer, specialising in the oil industry.
After the war in 2003 he became Chief Executive
Officer of the Ministry of Oil, and in mid of
the following year he served as Interim Oil
Minister in the interim government headed by
interim prime minister Iyad Allawi. In 2005 he
became a Parliament member and the head of one
of the six committees in charge of writing
chapter four: Powers of the Federal Authorities
in the permanent constitution. In late April
2006, there was strong speculation that he would
again be appointed Minister of Oil, this time by
the government of Nuri al-Maliki. Currently he
is the Chairman of the prime minister's advisors
committee and one of the master minds of the new
Oil Law legislation which is still waiting to be
approved by the parliament.
Education
BSc. in geology from University College, London,
in 1970 and MSc. in petroleum reservoir
engineering from Imperial College, London, in
1973.
Professional career
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Joined Basrah Petroleum Company (BPC) in
1973 and moved to Iraq National Oil Company
(INOC) in 1989.
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At BPC worked in petroleum and reservoir
engineering on oil fields in the south of
the country, and then became head of the
Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering
department for several years until 1989.
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1989-90: Director General of Reservoir and
Field Development at the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
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1991-92: Director General of Planning and
Studies at the Oil Ministry.
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1993-2001: Technical advisor to the Oil
Ministry. During this period, ran numerous
specialist committees responsible for
conducting studies and producing plans, as
well as committees negotiating with
international oil companies for oil
development or other projects.
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2002-April 2003: Director General of
Planning at the Oil Ministry.
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From 3 May 2003: Chief Executive Officer of
the Oil Ministry.
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June 2004-May 2005: Minister of Petroleum.
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30 January 2005: Elected to the National
Assembly.
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Currently, Chairman of a committee that
advises the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mr. Nouri
al-Maliki.
Studies and reports
Author or co-author of more than 50 studies,
reports or technical papers, as well as numerous
papers and presentations on different aspects of
the Iraqi oil industry delivered on the occasion
of international oil and gas conferences.
In 2000 OAPEC granted Thamir Abbas Ghadhban its
Distinguished Science Award.
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