Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 7

14-Feb-2011

IRAQ

Fresh Confusion Hits KRG-Baghdad Oil Negotiations

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Husain al-Shahristani on 7 February reaffirmed that production sharing contracts between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and foreign oil investors will be amended to conform with federal oil contracts. The comments, reported by Reuters, came a couple of days after AFP published an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in which he...