You seldom hear anymore the canard that the Iraq war was "all about oil," not when we are paying more for oil than ever. Still, it has been a nearly unmentioned truth that Iraqi oil fields contain some of the biggest petroleum reserves in the world.
Now it seems that, quietly, the flow that was about two million barrels when the war started is about to nudge close to three million. If security holds, and the much-maligned oil companies are allowed to invest in improved infrastructure, Iraq oil production will go up month after month.
