Iraq Air Force and oil service contractsnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is expected to visit Washington early next month, while it is said that two US oil companies may not get oil service contracts at this stage. The following 356-word report tells what Maliki will discuss in Washington and which two US companies are likely not to get contracts. Note that the US companies qualified to bid for oil contracts in Iraq are: ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Hess Corporation, Occidental Petroleum, Marathon International Petroleum and Anadarko Petroleum.