VOL. XL

No. 27

7-July-1997

IRAQ

France, Italy And Spain To Decide Soon Whether To Allow Their Oil Firms To SignE&P Deals With Iraq; Indonesia's Pertamina To Conduct Technical Studies On Block 3

MEES understands that the French, Italian and Spanish governments are expectedto decide in the near future whether to permit their oil firms to sign production sharingagreements with Iraq's Ministry of Oil. The French firms Elf Aquitaine and Total, Italy'sAgip and Spain's Repsol have all been...