Iraq: Maliki, Nujaifi and the blacklist of oil and gas companiesnote

Speaker of Iraqi Parliament Osama Al-Nujaifi is said to be pushing Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki to reconsider the rule of punishing the oil and gas companies that sign contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq. The following 486-word report focuses on Al-Nujaifi position and tells what about the blacklist of the oil and gas companies that are involved in the KRG oil and gas contracts.