Iraq and the politics of oil: an insider's perspective

American oil minister

Contingency planning for the oil sector

ORHA start-up : Lieutenant General Jay Garner is the first civilian leader

Iraqi oil sector : history, resources, and organization

Adjusting the oil plan

Penalizing Syria : why so important

Finding gold in Baghdad : oil ministry leadership

The calm before the storm : June 2003

The long hot summer of 2003

The bizarre top priority

Task force shield : securing the oil sector

Changing of the guard : oil ministry and CPA oil change

CPA closes out : June 2004

A break between tours : 2004 to 2006

Energy fusion cell : fixing the oil sector

The Bayji refinery and the surge

The southern export project

The bid rounds : oil field auctions

Leaving Iraq : september 2011

What haunts me

Epilogue.