Shell: Iraq's Majnoon field produces 75 thousand barrels per day
27/09/2011 16:34
Erbil, 27 September / October (Rn) - The deputy chairman of Shell Hans Nickamb Tuesday that the production of oil field crazy Iraq is about 75 thousand barrels per day of crude now, noting that the field was producing 65 thousand barrels last July. and won Shell British, Dutch, Malaysian Petronas contract in 2009 to develop the Majnoon field in southern Iraq, one of the largest oil fields in the world. The size of the production target from the field at the end of the day is 1.8 million barrels a day. He Nickamb in the energy industry in Iraq held in Istanbul, "production is about 75 thousand barrels per day," as reported "Reuters." At the same conference, Paul Dubz Vice President Exxon Mobil that the average production of the first phase of West Qurna field of 350 thousand barrels per day on average. and Iraq signed a series of contracts with international oil companies to increase production capacity to 12 million barrels by the year 2017. In recent times, said Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee that to reach a target of Iraqi oil production capacity to between eight million and 8.5 million barrels a day would be more appropriate than the current target of 12 million. Open: Abdullah Sabri
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