Iraq Discusses Natural Gas Investments With U.S. Firms

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani is meeting this week in New York with representatives of dozens of U.S. energy companies to pitch potential investments in the Iraqi natural gas sector. “My government is serious about investment in gas and to be an active and powerful player in the gas market,” the Iraqi official has told Bloomberg Television in an interview. Al-Sudani has already met with U.S. companies operating in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan and planning to expand in other parts of Iraq. The…