Baghdad Talking Shop Produces Little of Substance

摘要

Last week's two-day "Oil Symposium" in Baghdad did little to ease foreign investor concern that Iraq's infrastructure and government agencies will be unable to support its massive oil expansion.International oil companies (IOCs) sketched out development plans and aired their complaints about the visa process, customs delays, poor transport and lack of coordination among Iraqi government agencies, but said that overall the event offered more form than substance.