The foreign army moves out; foreign oil men move in. Iraqis may fear their energy is being sold off on the cheap, but they need not worry. Terms for operating rights offered at auction yesterday for eight oil and gas fields were so harsh that two failed to find bidders. The auction of the giant Rumaila field almost collapsed – until BP stepped in and accepted a flat $2 fee for each barrel of oil produced beyond about 1.2m a day, half what it asked for.
外国军队撤出；外国石油人士入场。伊拉克人可能担心，他们的能源资源会遭到贱卖，但他们无需忧虑。昨日拍卖期间，8个油气田的经营权条款是如此苛刻，以至于其中2个油气田竟然找不到投标者。鲁迈拉(Rumaila)巨型油田的拍卖几乎流标，最后英国石油(BP)介入，同意超出每日120万桶石油的开采量只收取每桶2美元的较低报酬，为此前所要求报酬的一半。
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