VOL. XXXIII

NO. 20

19-FEBRUARY-1990

Iraqi Oil Minister Explains Guidelines For New Policy On OilfieldDevelopment

In an exclusive statement to MEES, Iraq's Minister of Oil, Mr. Isam al-Chalabi,has explained in detail the principles on which Iraq's new policy of invitingforeign companies to develop oilfields in Iraq is based.

As outlined in last week's MEES (12 February, page A10), Iraq has decided toinvite foreign companies to develop new oilfields (already discovered andappraised but as yet...