Iraq: Shahristani, Basri and oil service contractsnote

Kamal Al-Basri, who acts as Economic Adviser to Iraqi PM Al-Maliki, is said to have played a major role in the second bidding round of oil service contracts. The following 328-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what Al-Basri did. It also tells what Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani is doing to protect the rights of the oil companies that won contracts at the end of that round.