Drillers tuck into Rumailah feast

An Iraqi oil worker walks by at an oil field in the southern Rumaila area, 21 July 2007. Iraq started production from a well in the southern oilfields of Rumaila to increase the country's total production by 15-18 thousand barrels per day, said today, chief of the South Oil Company Jabbar Luaibi. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI

ESSAM AL-SUDANI

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By News Wires

 31 March 2010 11:30 GMT

Iraq, together with UK supermajor BP and its partner China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have awarded nearly $500 million worth of new drilling contracts for the giant Rumailah oilfield, a government official said today.

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