Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 10  

8-March-2010

Iraq Upstream Talks Continue Amid Election Uncertainty

International oil companies are negotiating new upstream deals with Iraq’s Ministry of Oil and investigating possibilities of farm-ins on projects awarded as the country heads to the polls on 7 March to vote for a new government. The outcome of the elections is highly uncertain, with a new government not expected to be in place until July. However, amid the...