Irak, le dernier acte
Lu sur le New York Times :Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP — the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company — along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields
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The current contracts, she said, are a "foothold" in Iraq for companies striving for these longer-term deals.
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A total of 46 companies, including the leading oil companies of China, India and Russia, had memorandums of understanding with the Oil Ministry, yet were not awarded contracts.
Ou, comme disait Greenspan :
"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."
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