Iraq: Maliki, US embassy and KRG oil contractsnote

The government of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and the US embassy in Baghdad are said to be working on an agreement to allow the US oil companies to benefit from the oil investment projects in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) controlled area in northern Iraq. The following 465-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the agreement and when the US embassy expects it to go into effect.