Post-Saddam Iraq Remains Mystery to Oil Companies in Waiting

23 October 2002 International oil companies interested in securing footing in a post-war Iraq have few clues on where to start. The Bush administration is forging ahead with war plans, but US State Dept. attempts to organize an energy working group for exiled Iraqi opposition members are in disarray as divisions among the opposition groups persist. “A number of oil companies have been querying about the possible political outcome of…