Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days.So, now we have to ask: if, as McClatchy News Service reports, "the No. 2 commander in Iraq conceded Sunday that a military 'surge' escalation would not be enough to rescue Iraq," what is it good for? Securing oil profits for Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil?
The US government has been involved in drawing up the law, a draft of which has been seen by The Independent on Sunday. It would give big oil companies such as BP, Shell and Exxon 30-year contracts to extract Iraqi crude and allow the first large-scale operation of foreign oil interests in the country since the industry was nationalised in 1972.
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Supporters say the provision allowing oil companies to take up to 75 per cent of the profits will last until they have recouped initial drilling costs. After that, they would collect about 20 per cent of all profits, according to industry sources in Iraq. But that is twice the industry average for such deals.
Monday, January 08, 2007
It's not about oil, is it?
Every time one's sensibilities rebel against the conspiracy theory that George W. Bush sent tens of thousands of Americans to their doom in Iraq just to secure more oil for his corporate buddies, a news report like this surfaces:
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