Despite the very recent visit of Iraq’s Deputy Petroleum Minister, Hamid Younes al-Zobai, to Washington to spearhead his country’s latest attempts to inveigle more money out of the U.S., his Ministry continues to award most major oil and gas contracts to Chinese firms. Last week, it signed oil concession agreements with UEG for the Faw block, Geo-Jade for the Jabal Sanam and Zurbatiyah fields, Sinopec for the Somar and Adan blocks, ZhenHua for the Abu Kheima field and the Qarnain block, Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation…
