Conoco still looking for Iraqi deals with LUKOIL

MOSCOW, July 7 (Reuters) - U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips (COP.N) is still looking for opportunities in Iraq with its strategic partner Russian oil firm LUKOIL (LKOH.MM), Conoco's chief executive James Mulva said on Tuesday.

"We bid though unsuccessfully for oil field development in Iraq with LUKOIL and we will continue to look for those opportunities," Mulva told a panel of Russian and U.S. businessmen ahead of their meeting with Russian and U.S. Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. (Writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov, Moscow Newsroom, + 7 495 775 12 42, dmitri.zhdannikov@reuters.com)