Iraq: ExxonMobil, Lukoil and West Qurna-1note

Lukoil of Russia is said to be looking into the possibility of setting up a consortium to buy the part of ExxonMobil in the West Qurna -1 project. The following 431-word report sheds more light on the contacts between ExxonMobil and Lukoil and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and his Deputy for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani to ExxonMobil’s decision to pull out of the project.