Iraq Oil Ministry extends deadline for pipeline to and from Iran…
Plus: *John McCain and the confusion over war and oil *Children at War -- two looks by War News Radio and Alive in Baghdad *Turkey, Iraq's Kurds and the PKK *Iraq Press Roundup *Much, Much more... Iraq's Oil Ministry has extended the deadline for companies to submit plans to design and supply the equipment for […]Iraq's Oil Ministry has extended the deadline for companies to submit plans to design and supply the equipment for pipelines to and from Iran. The April 24 deadline for bids was moved to May 18, the ministry announced on its Web site Tuesday, Ben Lando reports for United Press International. The State Company for Oil Projects, a division of the ministry, is inviting international oil companies to offer bids detailing the design and engineering study and supplying of all equipment and materials except the pipelines itself.
The project, which has been in the discussion phase for more than a year, is to ship Iraqi crude to Iran and in a separate line import refined products. Both pipelines would transport via the Shatt al-Arab waterway, the body of water leading the Tigris and Euphrates into the Persian Gulf and delineating the southern Iraq-Iran border.
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