CNPC group to start drilling at Iraq's Halfaya oilfield next September

25 August 2010

China's CNPC has said it plans, along with its partners Total and Petronas, to start drilling new wells next month in Iraq's Halfaya oilfield in an attempt to boost output to 70,000 barrels per day in 2011, Reuters has reported. The group is to drill three appraisal wells this year for which it already issued a tender and is now evaluating the bids, the CNPC executive, Yan Shihe told the news service.

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