Robert Lea, Evening Standard was being paid out to Shell today after the Anglo-Dutch giant became the first western oil group to land a major deal with the government in Baghdad since the British-backed invasion of the country five years ago. Royal Dutch Shell has been awarded a $4bn (£2.26bn) contract in the Basra region, the main base for British troops after the overthrowing of the former Iraqi regime. The...
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Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a joint venture deal worth up to $4 billion to capture gas in Iraq, the Financial Times said Tuesday. The deal, which will see the gas being sold in Iraq and abroad,...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 BAGHDAD: Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to four billion dollars, the Iraqi oil ministry said on Tuesday, becoming the first...
Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Baghdad ROYAL Dutch Shell will form a gas venture with energy-rich Iraq worth up to $US4 billion ($5 billion), Iraq's oil ministry said yesterday. Shell is the...
Baghdad, Sept 09: Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to USD 4 billion, the Iraqi Oil Ministry and the Financial Times said on Tuesday. The deal, which will see...
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, is set to start operations in Iraq after a 35-year absence when it signs an agreement with the Iraqi Oil Ministry to capture gas outside the southern city of Basra. The...
BAGHDAD (Thomson Financial) - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to $4 billion, the Iraqi oil ministry said Tuesday, becoming the first Western oil major to...
BAGHDAD (Thomson Financial) - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a gas joint venture with Iraq worth up to $4 billion, the Iraqi oil ministry and the Financial Times said on Tuesday. The deal, which...
LONDON (AFP) -- Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a joint venture deal worth up to four billion dollars (2.8 billion euros) to capture gas in Iraq, the Financial Times said Tuesday. The deal, which...
Joe Biden wants to know what exactly John McCain's plans are for Iraq, beyond this vague claim of 'victory.' Iraq has approved a preliminary deal with Royal Dutch Shell to develop its natural gas fields. Shell recently...
BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Iraq expects to sign a natural gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell within a month, the Oil Ministry said on Monday. Iraq's cabinet on Sunday approved a preliminary deal between the energy giant...