VOL. XLV

No 12

25-March-2002

QATAR

LashPraises Transparency In Qatars Oil Industry

TheUS Assistant Secretary of Commerce, William H Lash, told reporters in Doha on 7 March that lack of transparency was one of the commonirritants the US faced with investments in the Middle East. In answer to a question about the obstacles facing USfirms in the region, he said: Its the lack of transparency, but this is not aproblem with every country, adding that Qatars Energy Minister 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyahs work...