Article: Iraq : Shell Studies Possible Oil Projects in Iraq.

Byline: prashant03

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europes largest oil company, is examining possible oilfield projects in Iraq as the nation prepares to issue exploration permits next year, Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer said today.

Shell may bid for Iraqi fields in the first half of 2009, van der Veer told reporters at a conference in London. Iraq expects to award contracts by June in its first oil-licensing round since the U.S. invasion in 2003, Oil Minister Hussain al- Shahristani said last month.

``Theyve just issued the rules on how to bid, van der Veer said. ``Its quite complicated; we will study that and of course then well make up ...

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