Putin calls on Iraq to help LUKOIL revive oil deal http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSL2454799520080324?sp=true
Mon Mar 24, 2008
By Ahmed Rasheed and Dmitry Zhdannikov
BAGHDAD/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called on Iraq to support Russian investments as the head of oil major LUKOIL arrived in Baghdad in a final bid to revive a Saddam Hussein-era oil deal. Moscow has long fought to revive some of the Iraqi contracts lost after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, including a $3.7 billion deal to develop West Qurna oilfield in southern Iraq. http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSL2454799520080324?sp=true