Basra: Al-Waeli intensifies contacts with US companiesnote

Reports from Basra (southern Iraq) suggest that Basra Governor Mohammad Musbah Al-Waeli has recently intensified his contacts with the US companies on gas and oil investment projects as well as on projects in the industrial sector. According to these reports, he supports the idea of discussing the investment projects in his province with US companies rather than with European, Russian or Chinese companies. The following 354-word newswire gives you further details on Al-Waeli’s policy and his differences with Iraqi state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) over his policy.