CPA_Infrastructure_Reconstruction_doc_62.pdf

EUROPEAN DEALS ON IRAQI OIL Question: What can you tell us about French involvement in handling Iraq's oil? Answer: • We are not aware of any signed contracts between any French companies and the Iraqi government to develop Iraqi oil fields. • We do understand that Total--as the conglomerate is now known--had conducted preliminary negotiations with Saddam's Iraq and had signed agreements·in principl to develop two large Iraqi oil fields, Nahr Umar and Majnoon. However, to thebes of my knowledge,...