Iraq's oil minister, Hussain al- Shahristani has announced the country's third bidding round for rights to develop hydrocarbon deposits, Bloomberg has reported. Details of the bidding, which will include the Akkas, Mansouriya and Siba natural-gas fields, will be made public on June 1 and companies will have until the end of July to study the information, he said. A workshop will be held for interested parties on August 1 and bidding will open on September 1, he added.