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Iraqi oil contracts ebb and flow

The long-suffering bill that would govern Iraq's oil industry and divvy up oil wealth has been stalled more than a year, bogged down in political squabbling and symbolic of problems rippling below the surface here despite success on the security front. Just last year, U.S. and Iraqi officials repeatedly announced that passage of the oil [...]

By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report
Published August 21, 2008

The long-suffering bill that would govern Iraq's oil industry and divvy up oil wealth has been stalled more than a year, bogged down in political squabbling and symbolic of problems rippling below the surface here despite success on the security front.

Just last year, U.S. and Iraqi officials repeatedly announced that passage of the oil bill was imminent. The bill was seen as...

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