Iraq: New bidders for Akkas gas projectnote

Iraqi oil officials have been complaining that only a few companies bid for the Akkas gas project in the Western Desert. Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Edison figure among those few bidders. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has now extended the bid deadline from April 24, 2008 to May 18, 2008 with the wish of seeing more bidders. The following 219-word article is published in Iraq Information Report’s issue of April 30, 2008. It tells that new oil companies might have now bid for the project, one of which is a US major oil company. The article names this company. It also tells when to expect the awarding of contracts.