Battle over Iraq reconstruction projects

Which are the lucky companies that made it on the list presented to the US Administration by Finance minister Mihai Tanasescu, including the candidates for the reconstruction contracts in Iraq? And what are the criteria behind their selection?
The authorities seem to have been competing in drafting such lists lately. Each institution has its own candidates: the Ministry of Industry and Resources, the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Housing, the Ministry of Communications and IT, the Foreign Trade Department. All these companies add up to 90.
Finance minister Mihai Tanasescu said he had handed a list with 35 Romanian companies to the US Treasury Under Secretary John Taylor. These companies operate in oil, energy and constructions and are able to conduct reconstruction projects in Iraq.
Government sources supplied a list with only 30 companies to news agency Mediafax on Wednesday: Romelectro, CCF Constructions Bucharest, Astra Vagoane Arad, SC Constructions Transports Bucharest, Rombeton, Tunnels Brasov, Energomontaj, Electromontaj Bucharest, SNP Petrom, Rompetrol, Energoreparatii Bucharest, Oil Constanta, Electrica, Hidroconstructia, Hidroelectrica, Uzinexportimport, Upetrom, Upet, Silcotub, Romenergo, Industrial Export, Constructions Muntenia, Automatica, SN Radio-communications, Romsys, SC Rail Constructions Bucharest, Intrarom, Electromagnetica, the Hydro-energy Research and Design Institute and the Energy Research and Design Institute. According to the quoted sources, the companies were selected because of their experience and ability to complete the constructions projects in Iraq.
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