Iraq’s incumbent Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, who senior sources say will keep his job in Iraq’s new government, faces an uphill struggle to achieve ambitious oil output targets and allay fears within OPEC over the scale of its plans.
A nuclear scientist by training and a survivor of torture under the regime of Saddam Hussein, Shahristani’s strength of mind helped him to forge deals with foreign oil firms that could quadruple Iraq’s oil output.







