Beyond the Headlines: Aug. 8-14
<ul> <li>Basra prepares for Shell gas deal</li> <li>More clashes between Missan, Baghdad</li> <li>Provinces chafe at power quotas</li> <li>Kirkuk governor favors SOFA extension</li> </ul>
Flames burning off excess gas rise behind policemen standing guard at Zubair oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra June 27, 2011. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)
Basra prepares for Shell gas deal
BASRA — Iraq’s state-run South Gas Company (SGC) is gearing up for the implementation of the long-awaited Shell gas deal, though SGC director Ali Khudhier predicted the project would not produce exports until at least 2017.
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