Iraq Prepares to Negotiate Oil Deals-Officials Say

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Iraq Prepares to Negotiate Oil Deals-Officials Say
Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:04 PM ET

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - International oil companies have started talks with Iraq about obtaining data on the country's vast oilfields as a first step toward proposing production sharing deals, oil officials and executives said.

They said companies, which include oil majors such as BP Plc and Shell Group, had mostly expressed interest in specific fields and could be in a position to clinch the deals after the election of a permanent government in January.
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Whoever the Next US President is will be a major influence on which companies get these contracts!!!

[aquart]

1. Not worth the toilet paper they'll be written on.

[AntiFascist]

2. Somehow I don't think BP or Shell will be favored....

under Bush.