Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 31

3-Aug-2009

IRAQ

Shahristani Says Deal On Nasiriya Oil Field Imminent

Iraqi Oil Minister Husain al-Shahristani said late last month that the Iraqi government hopes to reach a deal on the award of the Nasiriya oil field within a month. The minister was quoted in the press on 24 July as having said we are in the last stages of selecting the winning bid. Iraqi Ministry of Oil Under Secretary Ahmad al-Shama' had earlier said that the bids for the field had...