Iraq: Ramifications of US pullout on the oil and gas sectornote

A joint Iraq-Iran working team is raising the subject of an eventual US pullout from southern Iraq and its ramifications on the Iraqi oil and gas sector. The following 353-word report focuses on the issue and tells whether the Iranians are going to help the Iraqi government protect the sector as well as the foreign companies involved in developing this sector. It also names some foreign companies the Iraqis want the Iranians to help them protect.