Iraq: Bechtel and Basra-Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline projectnote

Bechtel is said to have presented an alluring offer to the Iraqi Oil Ministry to build a pipeline from Basra in southern Iraq to Banias in Syria through Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The following 357-word report tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki to the matter of negotiations with Bechtel. It also tells what about the Turkish reaction to the matter too.