Analysis: Deeper than an oil law in Iraq

UPI

By Ben Lando

September 10, 2007

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Both Iraq’s federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government are upset by each other’s efforts in reaching a deal on a national oil and gas law and have announced moves to develop the oil sector without it.

Neither has given up, however, on the hydrocarbons law, a tool that will both govern development of resources that bring in nearly all the government’s revenue and allow various factions to air their wants and find a compromise. Full Text