Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 13  

29-March-2010

Rumaila Attack Threat Fails To Interrupt Iraqi Oil Development

An arms cache and accompanying letter threatening foreign oil and services companies found mid-month near a main road to the giant Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq lacked credibility, a security expert tells MEES. The letter, which named Rumaila operator BP, drilling firm Weatherford and security companies Olive Group, Aegis and Control Risks Group, was...