VOL. XLV

No 51/52

23/30-December-2002

IRAQ

Another Russian Company To Be Awarded Lukoils West Qurna Contract

MEES learns from authoritative sources in Baghdad that another Russian oil company is to be awarded the West Qurna Development and Production contract that was previously held by Lukoil (MEES, 16 December). MEES further learns that Iraq decided to cancel Lukoils contract because it discovered that the Russian company had held contacts with Iraqi opposition officials to try to ensure that...