DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST

UNCLAS AMMAN 001749 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/MAC/ONE/COBERG USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/MAC/ONE/CJAMES E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO UNSC SUBJECT: DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST REF: A. STATE 66481 ¶B. AMMAN 1252 ¶1. (u) On March 13, Embassy informed Petrofac Business Development Manager Brock Tuppeny of the USG's determination that Petrofac's bid on the Iraq-Zarqa pipeline project would not qualify for advocacy support (ref a). We cited USG concerns over the Iraq portion of the project and possible US and UN sanctions violations inherent in the project as key reasons for denying advocacy. We offered to re-examine the request in the event of changes to the RFP or to the sanctions regimes on Iraq. GNEHM