Iraq Oil Contracts

Unearthed: The News Without the Chaff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

This week: 2008 becomes the bloodiest year of the war in Afghanistan; Iraq: war for oil confirmed; ABC refuses climate protection ad; National debt clock runs out of digits; Hidden earmarks.

Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts

New York Times | ANDREW E. KRAMER and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home


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...

U.S. Helped Western Companies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil

NY Times | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home


A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and fiv...

Iraq Names 35 Companies "Qualified" To Bid For Oil Contracts

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of...