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November 10, 2008

Report: Iraq, Shell Near 25-Year Deal
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In other Iraq news, United Press International is reporting the Iraqi
government has drafted a deal with that would give the oil giant Royal
Dutch Shell the biggest foreign role in Iraqi petroleum in four decades.
The twenty-five-year agreement would let Shell capture gas wasted during
the extraction of oil in Basra.



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