China the frontrunner to buy Exxon out of Iraq oil
Iraqi workers walk in West Qurna oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra November 28, 2010.
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has emerged as the frontrunner to take over Iraq's West Qurna-1 oilfield from Exxon Mobil, a move that would diminish Western oil influence in Iraq a decade after the U.S.-led invasion.
Credit: Reuters/Atef Hassan
Charlie Zhu and Peg Mackey
BEIJING/LONDON |
Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:14pm EST
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