Legality of Hunt Oil deal “uncertain”

Hunt Oil’s controversial production-sharing deal with Kurdistan is “legally uncertain” and has “needlessly … Baghdad told The New York Times.

Dallas-based Hunt Oil is run by Ray Hunt, a close friend and advisor of president Bush.

Speaking anonymously, the official told The Times that the State Department advised Hunt before the… American and international oil companies.

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