Iraq: Kogas, subcontractors and the Oil Ministry’s blacklistnote

Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas), which was awarded a contract to develop the Akkas gas field in western Iraq, is said to have intention to cooperate with subcontractors to do the work, although some of them figure on the Iraqi Oil Ministry’s blacklist. The following 401-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and that of the Iraqi Oil Ministry.