Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 9

01-March-2010

Companies Mobilize In Iraq As Critical Elections Loom

Iraqs Ministry of Oil is working with the winners of Baghdads two upstream bidding rounds to set effective dates in contracts, and together with Iraqi regional oil companies is starting to form joint management committees to oversee the countrys planned multi-million barrels a day oil capacity expansion to 2017. On 7 March Iraqis go to the polls for nationwide parliamentary...