Not just Canadian oil companies want to reap some rewards
fishman3811 Reviewed by fishman3811 on . Oil firms line up for contracts in Iraq Mar 01, 2008 04:30 AM Mariam Karouny reuters news agency BAGHDADâ??More than 100 companies including foreign majors are vying for deals to tap Iraq's vast oilfields, but a vital oil law is stalled by tension involving the Kurdish region, Baghdad's oil minister said yesterday. Hussain al-Shahristani said 115 companies had registered to compete for oil extraction and service contracts to help develop Iraq's oil reserves, the world's third-largest. Of these, 10 are American, with Rating: 5