Iraq: Shahristani, Luaibi and KRG oil contracts – Update 1note

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi is said to be dissatisfied with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) going ahead with contacts with foreign oil and gas companies on new oil contracts without coordination with his Ministry. The following 442-word report sheds more light on Luaibi’s position and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and that of Deputy PM for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani.