Literally duct tape. the day after bremer arrives, guidelines privatize state-owned enterprises in iraq, including the oil industry. oil was the lifeblood of the iraqi economy. you got to get the oil going if you re going to get the economy going. it was not something we were going for selfish american reasons or because we wanted more oil on the world market or all of these fantasies that people dream up. we were doing it because we were the iraqi government. the task of remaking iraq s oil sector falls to retired shell oil ceo phil carroll. carroll is appointed by the bush administration to be the senior adviser to iraq s oil ministry. advertise role was, as was the case with all of these advisers, to essentially get alongside the iraqis at the ministry of oil, make an assessment of the physical
oil was the lifeblood of the iraqi economy. you got to get the oil going if you re going to get the economy going. it was not something we were going for selfish american reasons or because we wanted more oil on the world market or all of these fantasies that people dream up. we were doing it because we were the iraqi government. the task of remaking iraq s oil sector falls to retired shell oil ceo phil carroll. carroll is appointed by the bush administration to be the senior adviser to iraq s oil ministry. advertise role was, as was the case with all of these advisers, to essentially get alongside the iraqis at the ministry of oil, make an assessment of the physical plant, the oil fields, the production facilities and of the people. when carroll arrives in baghdad, he comes up against radical u.s. plans being discussed to commandeer and transform iraq s entire oil industry.
he was surrounded by politicized young republican volunteers who had no experience in the oil industry, who were planning stock market privatization schemes, running around talking about building pipelines from baghdad to israel. things that were really highly unrealistic and provocative. phil carroll very much acted as the brakes against the privatization crowd. in this 2005 bbc report re-aired on the program democracy now phil carroll describes what he encountered when he arrived in iraq. bottles everywhere from total privatization to partial privatization, et cetera, et cetera. there were all sorts of ideas floated about the economy of iraq and what ought to be done. i was very clear that there was to be no privatization of iraqi oil resources or facilities
Industry. he was surrounded by politicized young republican volunteers who had no experience in the oil industry, who were planning stock market privatization schemes, running around talking about building pipelines from baghdad to israel. things that were really highly unrealistic and provocative. phil carroll very much acted as the brakes against the privatization crowd. in this 2005 bbc report re-aired on the program democracy now phil carroll describes what he encountered when he arrived in iraq. bottles everywhere from total privatization to partial privatization, et cetera, et cetera. there were all sorts of ideas floated about the economy of iraq and what ought to be done. i was very clear that there was to be no privatization of iraqi oil resources or facilities while i was involved. end of statement. the first meeting that he and
Plant, the oil fields, the production facilities and of the people. when carroll arrives in baghdad, he comes up against radical u.s. plans being discussed to commandeer and transform iraq s entire oil industry. he was surrounded by politicized young republican volunteers who had no experience in the oil industry, who were planning stock market privatization schemes, running around talking about building pipelines from baghdad to israel. things that were really highly unrealistic and provocative. phil carroll very much acted as the brakes against the privatization crowd. in this 2005 bbc report re-aired on the program democracy now phil carroll describes what he encountered when he arrived in iraq. bottles everywhere from total privatization to partial privatization, et cetera, et cetera. there were all sorts of ideas floated about the economy of