<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most p</title></head><body> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#0008EE"><u >http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2132574.ece</u ></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#0008EE"><u><br></u></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="+2">Chavez moved (or is moving) from service contracts to partnerships, no?  How do these compare to the proposed production sharing agreements? How do the proposed laws affect Iraq's ability to capture downstream operations? What is Chavez's strategy towards downstream operations?</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="+2"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="+2">Rakesh</font></div> </body> </html>