Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of oil up for sale

[Danton]

The Iraqi government is having the biggest sale of oil assets in history as it is putting 40 billions of barrels up for sale.

The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London.

BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are all expected to attend a meeting at the Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair with the Iraqi oil minister, Hussein al-Shahristani.

Access is being given to eight fields, representing about 40% of the Middle Eastern nation's reserves, at a time when the country remains under occupation by US and British forces.

Iraqi government fuels 'war for oil' theories with biggest ever reserves sale | Business | The Guardian

[Revolutionary]

Originally Posted by Danton

The Iraqi government is having the biggest sale of oil assets in history as it is putting 40 billions of barrels up for sale.

Iraqi government fuels 'war for oil' theories with biggest ever reserves sale | Business | The Guardian

And here we have one of the real reasons for the Iraq war...

[Drums of War]

Lets just how much of their assets US companies buy.

[Dreams]

Originally Posted by Revolutionary

And here we have one of the real reasons for the Iraq war...

I agree. This is the 'thank you' form the Iraqi government and our big pay out.

[Danton]

Originally Posted by Dreams

I agree. This is the 'thank you' form the Iraqi government and our big pay out.

Who's big payout? The people suffered and died while the oil companies get the prize.

[Inverted]

After the invasion of Iraq started one of Bush's first statements at his first press conference at Camp Lejeune was: "Our first objective was to secure the southern oil fields, we accomplished that objective." The war was always about oil. Just like the first Iraq war.

[Militant Poet]

Originally Posted by Danton

Who's big payout? The people suffered and died while the oil companies get the prize.

Since the invasion of Iraq, the oil companies have been rewarded with all time record profits. It is the soldiers and their families, the American taxpayers, and of course the Iraqi people who bear the costs.

[Infinite911911]

Originally Posted by Inverted

After the invasion of Iraq started one of Bush's first statements at his first press conference at Camp Lejeune was: "Our first objective was to secure the southern oil fields, we accomplished that objective." The war was always about oil. Just like the first Iraq war.

Well the first Iraq War was to kick Saddam out of Kuwait and destroy his military enough so he couldn't do it again. This war was about getting rid of Saddam to secure the worlds second largest oil deposit, that was never a secret.