Ex-Halliburton Contracts Reassigned

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WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department announced new contracts Monday for companies to deliver gasoline to Iraq, replacing some contracts that were previously handled a company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Refinery Associates of Texas, based in New Braunfels, Texas, was awarded a $108.5 million contract for diesel fuel and gasoline for Iraq.

Other companies, in Turkey, that were awarded contracts:

* Turcas Petrol, awarded a $59 million contract for diesel fuel and gasoline for Iraq.

* Opet Petrolcul, awarded a $55 million contract for gasoline for Iraq.

* Petrol Ofisi, awarded a $35 million contract for diesel fuel for Iraq.

* Delta Petrol Urunleri Ticaret, awarded an $18 million contract for liquefied petroleum gas for Iraq.

* Iprgaz, awarded a $17 million contract for liquefied petroleum gas for Iraq.

* Tefirom Construction & Energy, awarded a $15 million contract for liquefied petroleum gas for Iraq.

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