New Iraqi Energy Post May Emerge Soon

摘要

The holder of a newly created post in Iraq's government - deputy prime min- ister for energy - could emerge in the next couple of days, International Oil Dai- ly is told. While current Oil Minister Hussein al- Shahristani is understood to be the lead- ing candidate for the post, the process of agreeing to a candidate among all the po- litical parties is still underway, Abdulhadi al-Hassani, a member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party and former vice chairman of parliament's oil and gas committee, said Thursday.