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Iraq awards three gas fields in effort to become major exporter

10/25/2010
Eric WatkinsOil Diplomacy EditorThe Iraqi government, aiming to boost the country's role in natural gas production, hailed the results of its licensing round after naming winners for the three projects offered. Thamer al-Ghadhban, the top energy advisor to Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said the auction of three gas fields—Akkas, Siba, and Mansuriya—"went very well and we are happy about its results."According to oil ministry spokesman Assim Jihad, the auction aims "to increase gas production to supply local needs, generate electricity, fuel factories, and place Iraq among the regional and international gas producers and exporters." The three fields...
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