Iraq: Lauibi wants oil companies to follow in ExxonMobil’s footstepsnote

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi is said to be working to make foreign oil companies follow in ExxonMobil’s footsteps and suspend their contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government. The following 442-word report sheds further light on Luaibi’s position and tells what about the position of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki, his Deputy for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani and his Adviser for Oil Affairs Thamer Al-Ghadhban.