Iraq: Trump’s Illegal, Impossible, and ‘Beyond Goofy’ Idea of Seizing Iraq’s Oil

Sep 9, 2016 | Steven Mufson, Washington Post
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The United States can’t just walk off with Iraq’s oil when it decides to get out. In 2015, Iraq produced about 4 million barrels a day, enough crude oil to fill more than 700 Trump Towers. Billions of barrels more sit underground in conventional reservoirs.  The International Energy Agency has estimated that Iraq could produce twice as much as it does currently — by 2035.