MISSAN: The Iraqi Excavations Company has completed its work in digging the so-called Amara-6 Oil Well in southern Iraq's Missan Province, with a daily production capacity, reaching 2,500 barrels per day (bpd), the Missan Oil Company's media director said on Saturday.
"The Iraqi Excavations Company has completed on Saturday the digging of Amara-6 Oil Well, being part of the Amara Oil Field, comprising 6 oil wells," Ali al-Turfy told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, adding that the "plan to develop the new oil well comprises its connection with the oil-gas isolation network in the province."
Missan Province, with one-million inhabitants, with its center city of Amara, 390 km to the south of Baghdad, is one of the oil-producing provinces, producing more than 100,000 bpd, comprising six oil fields - the Bazergan, Abu-Gharb, Fakka, Halfaya and Amara oil fields, along with Majnoun Oil field, which is a joint field with southern Iraq's Basra Province.
Missan also comprises five excavated oil wells, but not producing yet, that are al-Huweiza, al-Raf'e, Eastern Rafidain, Dujeila and Kumeit fields.
© Aswat Aliraq 2011
