A New Oil Campaign in Iraq

... parties to an arrangement concerning Rosneft’s presence in Iraq. Thus, the United States and Russia benefited from working relations being established between Erbil and Baghdad, which soon resumed deliveries of Kirkuk oil. Oil Companies Return to Iraq LUKOIL was the first to return to post-Saddam Iraq. The company had maintained a constant interest in projects inside the country, both when it was under sanctions (1990–2003) and after the Saddam Hussein regime was overthrown. On December 12, 2009,...