Oil deal in Iraq may go to court

An Iraqi independent MP has vowed to contest in a federal court the oil contract which British Petroleum and its partner China National Petroleum Corp had won to develop the giant Rumaila oil field last June, The Telegraph newspaper has reported. Shatha al Musawi claims that deals with foreign oil companies need to be properly approved by parliament under Iraq's constitution. The British oil major is not expecting any attempts to invalidate the contract to be successful, sources told the newspaper.