reuters.com - 2/2/2009
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BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Next to a pipeline snaking across a desert in Iraq's south, villas built to house an expected influx of foreign oil workers stand empty. Nearby, a faded plaque in Russian and Arabic commemorates the opening of a pumping station in 1972, a reminder of the foreign ties that ...
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Iraq oilfields ready for revival, await foreigners
Peak Oil News —
... six years ago, Iraq has once again begun to open its vast oil reserves to foreign companies. The country has launched a bidding round for some of its largest oil and gas fields, which it hopes will attract multibillion dollar investments. There is still some confusion over the deals, scheduled to be awarded by June. But a lack of security, rigid bureaucracy and the absence of a legal framework is still deterring the investment Iraq needs to update its decaying oil infrastructure. Reuters
DrumBeat: February 2, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... output rose slightly to 9.7 million barrels per day (41.01 million tonnes) from 9.66 million bpd in December, while exports via pipeline
monopoly Transneft fell to 4.25 million bpd (18.0 million tonnes) from 4.36 million bpd.
The following oil production and exports data were supplied by Russia's Energy Ministry. The volume figures are in millions of tonnes and show the month's total and the year to date. Percentage change figures are based on daily volumes.
Iraq oilfields ready for revival, await foreigners
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