Iraq: Shahristani, Total and oil service contract for West Qurna-1note

The Iraqi Oil Ministry is still working on oil service contracts involving ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total-Chevron and Anadarko Petroleum. At least three of the contracts are now said to be almost ready for signature within the context of first round of licenses. The following 289-word report focuses on the subject and tells which fields are concerned by the three contracts. It also tells how Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani is now dealing with Total following his visit to Paris.