PECULIARITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN IRAQ
Iraq is one of the major players in the oil market in the world, meeting the needs of both neighboring countries and consumers of other continents. The state of Iraq's oil and gas industry can have an impact on the state of OPEC countries, so the study of trends in oil and gas industry development is important to understand the prospects of development and behavior of OPEC countries. This article presents the peculiarities of the development of the oil and gas industry in Iraq, examines the problem areas, features of the development of the oil and gas industry and proposes measures for the development of the studied industry and elements of the mechanism to improve the functioning of the oil and gas sector in Iraq. It should be noted that there is very little national systematic statistical material that can be used to study the patterns and trends of socio-economic development in Iraq, so the authors used scientific articles