Output from southern oil fields
hits 1.1 million a day
By Abed
Battat
Azzaman,
April 12, 2005
Production from the southern oil fields has
recently reached 1.1 million barrels a day, according to Jabbar Ali, head of
the Southern Oil Company.
The rate
is close to what the company produced before the war and is one of the latest
success stories of an industry torn by wars and sabotage.
“It (the
figure) is a great achievement and has come in record time,” Ali said.
He said
the company had plans to further increase the output but he declined to give a
figure.
Insurgents
have recently directed their attacks on oil pipelines and installations but
they have failed in efforts to harm the fields in
“We work in
silence and without fuss and are modest when it comes to successes,” Ali added.
“Our
company has drawn plans to boost output and increase exports,” he said.
Insurgents
have halted exports via the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline and the country now relies
on export terminals at the head of the Gulf estimated at 1.4 million barrels a
day.
