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Iraq extends deal with Shell

Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani has said the country has extended a memorandum of understanding with Royal Dutch Shell on a natural gas venture around the southern oil hub of Basra for six months from March 2010, Reuters has reported. 'We informed Shell that talks must continue but because there is not enough time now, the next elected government will continue our job,' he said.

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