VOL. XLII

No. 12

22-March-1999

IRAQ

Iraq Plans To Raise Production Capacity To Around 3Mn B/Dby End-1999/Early 2000, Says Rashid

Iraq plans to maintain its current production capacity of2.7mn b/d till the latter part of this year, and then to raise the level toapproximately 3mn b/d by year-end or early 2000, according to Iraqi OilMinister Amir Rashid. In a telephone interview with MEES ExecutiveEditor Walid Khadduri, Dr. Rashid said that Iraq is "currently producingaround 2.7mn b/d. We will be...