Iraq: Royal Dutch Shell’s role remains “very sensitive” despite advantagesnote

Turkish Oil Minister Hilmi Guler announced on 20/11/08 that Turkish state-owned oil company TPAO and the Turkish Pipeline Corporation Botas had partnered with Royal Dutch Shell for exploration and marketing of natural gas in Iraq. The TPAO-Botas-Shell partnership comes as the Iraqi Oil Ministry, state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) and state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) are showing satisfaction with Shell’s role in Iraq and even stressing on the importance of its role in Iraq. Despite that, Shell’s role in Iraq remains “very sensitive”. The following 338-word article focuses on the issue.