Iraq Oil
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- "of the 500 - in Iraq - known petroleum-bearing !"
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- "geophysical structures - only about 80 !"
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- "had been evaluated - oil production costs !"
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- "in the range of - US$ 0.5 - 1.0 per barrel - one of the lowest !"
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- "this Iraqi legislation - was the first significant !"
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- "since Iraq - nationalized oil - in 1972 !"
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- "interests - foreign oil companies - the private sector !"
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Foreign Oil Companies - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BAGHDAD3241
- "Rumaila field - in Iraq - north Rumaila - had 10.3 billion barrels !"
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- "of reserves - and south Rumaila had - 7.5 billion barrels !"
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- "BP - had been offered a short-term - TSC !"
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- "technical service contract - on the Rumaila field !"
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- "West Qurna - originally developed in 1987 - had 8.6 billion barrels !"
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- "of reserves - and had been offered to a - Total - Chevron - partnership !"
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- "Zubair - had 4.1 billion barrels - of reserves !"
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- "had been offered to - Exxon !"
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- "Maysan field - Buzurgan had 612 million barrels - of reserves !"
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- "Fauqa - had 1.5 billion - and Abu Ghirab - had 450 million barrels !"
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- "and had been offered to - Shell !"
Foreign Oil Companies - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BAGHDAD1648
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- "Iraq's - ministry of oil - awarded contracts to !"
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- "international - oil companies - IOC !"
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- "to eight - large oil - and gas fields !"
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- "this was the - largest bid round - in Iraq !"
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- "ever conducted - with 40% - of Iraq's total - proven reserves !"
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ExxonMobil - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10BAGHDAD135
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- "ExxonMobil - and the ministry of oil - in Iraq !"
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- "had reached an agreement - on a final contract !"
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- "for part - of Iraq's - largest oil field !"
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- "the US embassy - had extensively lobbied - for this agreement !"
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Oil - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BAGHDAD3196
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- "Iraq - from the 11th largest - oil producer !"
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- "to the - second largest !"
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Oil Reserves - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BAGHDAD2661
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- "Iraq - 115 billion barrels - of oil reserves - 9% !"
IRAQ OIL LAW - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ IRAQ OIL LAW
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- "Iraq hydrocarbon law - 2007 - contracts to foreign companies - consulting firm BearingPoint - helped writing !"
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- "labour unions - and international campaigners - say !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "oil production - should remain - in the hands - of Iraqis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "an opinion poll - showed - 63% of Iraqis - prefer Iraq's oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to be developed - and produced - by Iraqi state-owned companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"