Iraq swiftly awarded its supergiant Majnoon and smaller Halfaya fields after cutthroat bidding by foreign oil companies on day one of its second postwar licensing round. First-day wins alone could add another 2.3 million barrels per day to Iraqi output and push flows near 10 million b/d within seven years, says Oil Minister Hussain al- Shahristani (IOD Mar.11,p1).
展开▼
