Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 29

19-July-2004

IRAQ

Iraq Warns IOCs Against Circumventing Central Government In Oil Talks

MEES learns that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has warned international oil companies (IOCs) against entering into negotiations on future oil development with any party other than the countrys central government. The warning comes in a press statement released to MEES on 16 July outlining the governments policy for the development of natural resources in Iraq (full text...