Iraq firms resistance to Kurdish oil contracts

摘要

Basra, Iraq-Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said February 13 he believed the oil ministry had disqualified Exx- onMobil from bidding in a forthcoming oil and gas exploration round, and warned foreign oil companies they would receive the same treat- ment if they concluded upstream deals with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan province. Shahristani, who is deputy prime minister for energy, also told Platts he was not aware of any production sharing deal signed by France's Total with the Kurdistan Regional Government for four oil blocks.