Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 26

29-Jun-2009

IRAQ

Shahristani Defends His Record Ahead Of Bidding Round

Iraqi Minister of Oil Husain al-Shahristani mounted a strong defense of his ministrys policies in questioning sessions with parliament on 23 and 25 June. Opposition to Baghdads first bidding round, which is spearheading its drive to develop its massive oil reserves, had in the lead up to the parliamentary questioning threatened to delay and even derail what is the largest upstream...