Mounir Bouaziz, Shell Upstream International's vice president of Middle East and North Africa, drops his offer in a box during a bidding in Baghdad, December 11, 2009. Dealmakers from the world's largest energy firms assembled amid tight security at Iraq's Oil Ministry on Friday to compete for deals to develop some of the country's most prized oilfields.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)