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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 01 > Iraq to open oil fields to foreign companies

Iraq to open oil fields to foreign companies


July 1, 2008

BAGHDAD — Iraq announced Monday that it was opening six key oil production fields to more than 30 foreign companies, while delaying an announcement on a series of no-bid consulting contracts with a handful of Western oil firms.

Iraq’s oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani,....

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