Iraq's Proposed "Hydrocarbon Law"

Wikipedia has good introduction to the proposed new "Iraq Hydrocarbon Law": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_oil_law_%282007%29.

Most relevant is a PDF of the proposed law: http://www.krg.org/uploads/documents/Draft%20Iraq%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20Law%20English__2007_03_10_h23m31s47.pdf.

A great, though arguably non-objective, summary is the NYTimes article by Antonia Juhasz: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/opinion/13juhasz.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

To me the most striking thing about the proposed Hydrocarbon Law is that despite being out for nearly a year, it hasn't passed parliament. Perhaps more suprising is how little we hear about its acceptance or non-acceptance within Iraq.