VOL. XXXIX

No. 37

10-June-1996

IRAQ

Oil Minister Sees Swift Rise In Iraqi Production To 3mn B/D In Next Six Months

Following the recent UN-Iraqi oil-for-food deal, Iraq's Minister of Oil, Dr. 'Amir Rashid, is projecting a rapid rise in his country's oil production to around 3mn b/d in six months' time. In an interview in Vienna, Dr. Rashid told Ian Seymour and Walid Khadduri of MEES that initial exports, scheduled to begin before the end of June, would be at a rate of 800,000 b/d in...