BP
Posted: 19 January 2005
BP has signed a contract with the Ministry of Oil to undertake a technical study of the massive Rumaila oil field near Basra , in southern Iraq . Rumaila has produced 1.3 million barrels of oil from its 660 wells.
BP said: “We will be working with the Ministry and the [national] Southern Oil Company to provide a modern analysis of Rumaila’s reservoirs.”
A joint BP-Iraqi technical team will carry out the study, which will be compiled in the U.K. , with data then being transferred to Iraq .
BP will also run a technical training program for Iraqi engineers.
No BP staff will work in Iraq , the company statement said.
Posted by Editor Pipeline Magazine
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