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www.menareport.com November 10, 2002 Russian oil giants sign drilling contracts with Iraq Russia�s Tatneft and Zaroubejneft oil firms have recently signed drilling contracts with the government of Iraq. The wells will be drilled in the north and south of the country, reported Al-Zawra. The deals follow a comprehensive $40-billion economic pact struck between the two nations in August, in an effort to safeguard existing Russian interests in Iraq. Tatneft will drill 15 wells in the region of Basra, 5,550 kilometers south of Baghdad and state-owned Zaroubejneft will drill 45 wells in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of the capital. Heavily indebted to Russia, Iraq has completed some $1.5 billion contracts with several Russian petroleum companies and assigned to them the rights to sell 40 percent of Iraq's crude on world markets, once the restrictions of current sanctions are removed. In recent years, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly began authorizing foreign oil companies to resume international investment initiatives in Iraq�s oil sector. Large-scale contracts have already been signed with petroleum giants from China, France and Russia to extract Iraqi oil as soon as UN sanctions are lifted. Home to one of the world's largest crude reserves, Iraq has been prohibited from exporting at capacity since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. A longstanding ally of Iraq and a strategic trading partner, Russia has forcedly proclaimed its opposition to a military campaign against Iraq and its support for lifting the UN�s sanctions, imposed by the Security Council. � (menareport.com) www.menareport.com/story/printArticle.php3?sid=233166?=e www.menareport.com � Copyright menareport.com 1999-2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
