IRAQ/LIBYA/ALGERIA
 
MENA Security Deterioration Sounds Oil Investment Alarm
 
 
Rising political instability in key Middle East and North African producing countries is emerging as the dominant investment concern for oil companies. A 23 April car bombing at the French embassy in Tripoli and a major operation launched by Kurdish Peshmerga forces last month around Kirkuk City in northern Iraq highlight escalating tensions in both countries, but deteriorating...