The real reason why it broke down last time for ExxonMobil (and for every other Western firm that followed the U.S. oil giant out of the door) was alluded to in the official comments from the firm that it was over a dispute over the tendering process connected to the CSSP. However, a senior source who worked very closely with Iraq’s Oil Ministry at the time exclusively told OilPrice.com at that point that it resulted from a critical breakdown in trust between the U.S. firm and Iraq’s Oil Ministry over the r ...