Iraq: Nippon Oil challenges ENI and Repsol for Nassiriya oil fieldnote

Nippon Oil of Japan, Repsol of Spain and ENI of Italy are competing against each other to win an oil service contract for the Nassiriya oil field in southern Iraq. However, the Nippon Oil’s bid looks to be implying a lot of challenges to ENI and Repsol. The following 303-word report focuses on the issue and tells what the Italian reaction is. It also tells what the position is at the Iraqi Oil Ministry with regard to the three competitors.