Iraq: Issawi, oil contracts and infrastructure projectsnote

Iraqi Finance Minister Rafee Issawi is said to be proposing to make the bidders for oil contracts agree to take part in infrastructure projects in the oil and gas sectors in Iraq. The following 333-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi and that of US oil companies. It also tells what about proposals to seek the oil companies’ help to develop the Iraqi irrigation infrastructure too.