Iraq's Shahristani defends tender in Parliament grilling

摘要

Dubai-During questioning in the Iraqi Parliament June 23, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani defended his decision to proceed with awards of service contracts to foreign oil companies for the further development of six oil fields and two gas fields. Shahristani faced a barrage of questions from several members of Parliament, some of whom called on the Oil Ministry to delay the award of contracts next week until what one called the "mystery" surrounding some aspects of the terms offered to the multinationals is clarified.