Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, left, are seen during the second round of bids for oil licenses to develop some of Iraq's massive oil fields, at a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. International oil companies are submitting bids for 15 oil fields that represent about a third of Iraq's known oil reserves, although fears about security in some restive regions of Iraq have caused concern for the oil companies.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)