1.0link109940<![CDATA[Iraq Names 35 Companies "Qualified" To Bid For Oil Contracts]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/30/iraq-names-35-companies-q_n_109940.htmlBAGHDAD — Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
If approved, contracts to update and manage those fields could involve the biggest foreign stake in Iraq since its oil industry was nationalized more than 30 years ago and help Iraq reach its goal of nearly doubling petroleum production by 2013.