VOL. XLIII

No. 39

25-September-2000

IRAQ

Rashid Says Iraq Plans to Sustain Current Production As Speculation Mounts Over Baghdads Reaction To $16Bn Compensation Award To Kuwait

Iraq plans to sustain its current production of around 3.0mn b/d until early next year and then increase throughput gradually to approximately 3.3-3.4mn b/d by spring 2001, according to Iraqi Oil Minister'Amir Rashid. In an interview with MEES Editor-in-Chief Walid Khadduri in Vienna on 12 September (for the text of the...