US-Iraq contacts on West Qurna and Nahr Omar oil fieldsnote

Reports from Baghdad suggest that Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahrastani will meet with some US officials of the US Treasury and the Department of Energy (DoE) to discuss with them some investment contracts in southern Iraq, including contracts for West Qurna and Nahr Omar oil fields. The following 37-word newswire focuses on these talks and on the future of US oil investments in Iraq. It also talks about the future of pre-war oil deals.