Not done yet

The current Iraqi government’s days are numbered as a late February election seems likely. Yet, business carries on as the country readies for a second auction of oil fields, disputes remain between the central and Kurdish region governments, and as Iraq attempts to remove itself from the vestiges of Saddam-era sanctions.

It will be the work of the next government as well, said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, who spoke with Iraq Oil Report on the sidelines of an oil conference here. Wh…