VOL. XL

Issue No. 23

9-June-1997

IRAQ

Iraq Signs Production Sharing Agreement With China To Developal-Ahdab Oilfield

Iraq and China signed on 4 June a production sharing agreement todevelop al-Ahdab oilfield, which has an output capacity of around 90,000 b/d. The accord,originally initialed last August and approved by the Iraqi National Assembly in November (MEES,14 October and 25 November 1996), was signed in Baghdad by the Iraqi Oil Minister, Dr.Amir Rashid, and the head of the state-owned...