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From "A Rising Threat," July 3, 2009. War News Radio interviews Ben Lando, editor of the Iraq Oil Report. Read the full description.
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Iraq's oil ministry this week held auctions for contracts to invest in eight of the country's biggest oil and natural gas fields. If foreign oil companies had jumped for the chance - as expected - they would have injected much needed equipment and expertise to boost Iraq's oil production. But only one of the fields was successfully contracted. As for the others, either there were no bids or the government and the oil companies couldn't agree on a price. Emily Hager spoke with Ben Lando, editor of the Iraq Oil Report, to find out what all this means. This piece was featured in "A Rising Threat," July 3, 2009.
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