Home›Sources›Oil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)SourcesOil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)Research CommentaryCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Oil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/rand-2017-oil-extortion-isis-commentary.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Oil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/rand-2017-oil-extortion-isis-commentaryCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-oil-extortion-still-paying-off-for-isis, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Oil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/rand-2017-oil-extortion-isis-commentary}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 2017 RAND Corporation commentary breaking down the Islamic State's 2015 revenue by source, about 500 million US dollars from oil and gas and about 360 million from taxation and extortion, and tracking the subsequent decline of oil revenue under counter-finance pressure, from roughly 40 million US dollars a month in 2015 toward 4 million a month by late 2016.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedRAND CorporationPublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2017/10/oil-extortion-still-paying-off-for-isis.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedReportAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: a short RAND Corporation commentary piece rather than a full peer-reviewed or institutionally audited report; RAND's reputation supports the estimate without elevating an opinion-format piece to the top tier.SourcesOil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)tier 2RAND Corporation, 2017View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Organizations, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested9OrganizationsIslamic StateSourcesOil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS (RAND Corporation, 2017)Scholarly debate1OrganizationsIslamic StateGeneral References1OrganizationsIslamic StateComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year