Monday, 14 April 2008
Oil firms line up for Iraqi deals http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7346634.stm
Iraq has abundant oil reserves
Iraq has named 35 foreign energy firms who are entitled to apply for contracts to develop the country's potentially lucrative oil and gas industries.
BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Total, Petronas and China's CNOOC are among those firms seeking deals to extract and pump oil. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7346634.stm