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Baghdad scratches Siba from bid round
Iraq has removed the Siba gas field in southern Basra province from a list of 11 gas and oilfields to be offered in a second bidding round for development contracts.
Abdul-Mahdy al-Ameedi, deputy director general of Iraq's contracts and licensing directorate, told Reuters Iraq would move ahead with the offer of 10 other sites, some a group of several fields.
"There were 11 fields, but the Oil Ministry last week decided to exclude the Siba gas field in Basra ... The reason is that this was considered a small field that the South Oil Company can develop itself," Ameedi told the news agency.