VOL. XLVI

No 20

19-May-2003

IRAN

Zanganeh Cites US Plans In Iraq As Reason To Expand Output From Shared Fields

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has told a meeting of religious leaders that the country must raise output from shared oil and gas fields as soon as possible, in response to US plans for expanding oil production in Iraq, according to 12 May report by official news agency IRNA. Mr Zanganeh reportedly said that investment in oil and gas projects in fields which extend into the territory...