Iraq Invites Foreign Oil-Firm Offers

The Wall Street Journal ^ | September 25, 2003 | CHIP CUMMINS

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

This country has the world's second largest oil reserves but in light of sabotage of pipelines and a battered oil infrastructure is currently forced to create an import system in order to reconstruct. Bush is assisting in that area although orginal estimates need to be increased and approved by Congress. Lack of approval not only negates progress in reconstruction but increases import demand. The votes will be interesting.

[anniegetyourgun]

hehehe.....

[BOBTHENAILER]

Lack of approval not only negates progress in reconstruction but increases import demand. The votes will be interesting.

Good point and yes, the votes will be interesting. I'm guessing they will gut the reconstruction money to try and snatch a failure from the jaws of victory.

[RobbyS]

I have heard that the Iraqi reserves may in fact exceed those of Saudi Arabia.

[PsyOp]

Halliburton will win bids...not because of Cheney...but because they are simply hands down the best in the industry.

You're probably right. But that won't stop some frog from writing a book saying the whole reason for 9/11 was a plot by Bush, Cheny, and Haliburton to give us an excuse to invade Iraq and steal the oil (ir did they write that book already?). That, of course will prompt the Democrats to call for a Congressional investigation....

[PhilDragoo]

Oh, I thought it said Foreign Film Offers.

So this means the people who count in Iraq want us there?

Put the Chappaquiddick DWI Killer on suicide watch.

[Billthedrill]

But many major oil companies have said that Iraq's unstable security situation and the lack of a fully recognized government will keep them away for some time no matter what the opportunities may be.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! (Snork, snork!)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Right - "there's a fortune in the ground, but we're not going after it until it's safe." Whoever wrote that is evidently unacquainted with oil companies, their histories, and their, er, well-staffed security departments. FWIW, a little bird tells me that DynCorp's hiring. They're not the only ones by far.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Whoever wrote that is evidently unacquainted with oil companies, their histories, and their, er, well-staffed security departments.

ROFLMAO. Also, the writer hasn't ever been in a typical oil patch watering hole and witnessed the normal combative nature of us oil field trash.

[BOBTHENAILER]

So this means the people who count in Iraq want us there? Put the Chappaquiddick DWI Killer on suicide watch.

The sub-captain single handedly raised my Seagram's stock price recently.