China's CNOOC Iraq wins bid to develop Iraq's Block 7 for oil exploration

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Photo used for illustrative purpose only. China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) oil storage facilities in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong province are seen in this picture taken in 2004.
Reuters Images/China Newsphoto SUN/JK

CNOOC Iraq won a bid to develop Iraq's Block 7 for oil exploration, measuring a total area of 6,300 square kilometres

Moayed Kenany, Reuters News

May 13, 2024

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Photo used for illustrative purpose only. China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) oil storage facilities in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong province are seen in this picture taken in 2004.

BAGHDAD - China's CNOOC Iraq won a bid to develop Iraq's Block 7 for oil exploration, measuring a total area of 6,300 square kilometres that extends across the country's central and southern provinces of Diwaniya, Babil, Najaf, Wasit and Muthanna, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday.

(Reporting by Moayed Kenany; Writing by Adam Makary; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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