It’s a recent article regarding the letting of Iraqi oil contracts and it cites only BP (British Petroleum, which is, uh, British) and China National Petroleum (which is Chinese) as moving forward on this round of contracts.
Yes, I realize this is an on-going process, with multiple rounds of contracts, but it gives lie to your “American multi-nationals signing oil contracts” statement.
How’s about you throw some facts out there, instead of relying on tired old canards, huh? You have Dutch (Royal Dutch Shell), French (Total (fmrly Elf/Aquitaine)), Italian (Eni), Chinese, British and Russian oil companies all competing with ExxonMobil, Chevron, et al, for these oil contracts. NPR article on same: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106077283%5B/quote%5D
Halliburton. Who was managing the oil fields from 2003 to 2008.
In March 2001, the National Energy Policy Development Group (better known as Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force), which included executives of America’s largest energy companies, recommended that the United States government support initiatives by Middle Eastern countries “to open up areas of their energy sectors to foreign investment.” One invasion and a great deal of political engineering by the Bush administration later, this is exactly what the proposed Iraq oil law would achieve. It does so to the benefit of the companies, but to the great detriment of Iraq’s economy, democracy and sovereignty.
