ExxonMobil 'faces West Qurna axe'

Iraq will take steps to end ExxonMobil's contract with the country after the US supermajor signed a deal with semi-autonomous Kurdistan to explore fields there, a senior Iraqi oil official said on Wednesday.

Contract threat: the West Qurna field
Contract threat: the West Qurna field
Published 16 November 2011, 11:41Updated 11 October 2016, 07:17
Middle East