Ruh Roh, I bet Exxon is PISSED!!!!
September 11th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
By Donvictimiti
An Iraqi plan to award six no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, which came under sharp criticism from several United States senators this summer, has been withdrawn, participants in the negotiations said on Wednesday.
Iraq’s oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, told reporters at an OPEC summit meeting in Vienna on Tuesday that talks with Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Total, BP and several smaller companies for one-year deals, which were announced in June and subsequently delayed, had dragged on for so long that the companies could not now fulfill the work within that time frame. The companies confirmed on Wednesday that the deals had been canceled.
Comment by anon on 11 September 2008 at 7:45 am:
I wonder if this has anything to do with Bush cancelling the troop drawdown. I bet we are going to surge their asses until the contracts are signed.