Foreign players made no offers on four oil and gas blocksand a group led by UK-based Premier Oil rejected a government offer on the feefor a fifth block, scuttling an agreement there, Reuters reported.
The only tract to be awarded was Block 9, a mainly oil areain southern Basra province, which was secured by a consortium led by KuwaitEnergy and partners Turkey's TPAO and Dubai-based Dragon Oil.
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