I do remember just after Addax buyout Iraq refuted/contested contracts for Taq Taq and threatened Sinopec with retaliation.This would be placed to blocked Sinopec out for any new projects in Iraq .
Sinopec in my opinion had been warned behind the scenes with this stance if they bought Addax.Therefore limiting any value or at least diminishing it greatly for TAQ TAQ.
Possibibly causing Gandur to get a deal done with Sinopec before drilling